Conflicts and Compromises Quiz

What was the primary goal of the Free-Soil Party?

• To advocate for slavery in western territories
• To advocate for secession from the Union
• To prevent the spread of slavery into western territories
• To promote the expansion of slavery into free states

What does the term "secede" mean?

• To compromise on contentious issues
• To break away from the United States and form a separate government
• To abolish slavery in all states
• To join an existing country as a new state

Which state's application for statehood threatened the balance of free and slave states?

• California
• Texas
• Kansas
• Kentucky

What was the goal of the Missouri Compromise?

• To abolish slavery in all states
• To maintain the balance between slave and free states
• To expand slavery into all territories
• To establish popular sovereignty

Who proposed the Wilmot Proviso?

• John C. Calhoun
• Henry Clay
• David Wilmot
• Lewis Cass

What was the response of southern leaders to California's application for statehood?

• They advocated for popular sovereignty
• They supported the admission of California as a free state
• They threatened to secede from the Union
• They proposed the Wilmot Proviso be passed in Congress

What is popular sovereignty?

• The idea that people give permission for the government to have power
• The idea that people choose their own leaders
• The idea that states have the ultimate authority over federal laws
• The idea that only the popular vote counts in elections

What is the definition of FUGITIVE?

• Someone on vacation
• A runaway
• A person given a warning after they commit a crime
• Someone who dislikes slavery

What did the Compromise of 1850 include to please the North?

• Admission of California as a free state

• Banning bringing more slaves into the United States
• Implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act
• Expansion of slavery into the Mexican Cession

What did the Compromise of 1850 include to please the South?

• Admission of California as a free state
• Banning bringing more slaves into the United States
• Implementation of the Fugitive Slave Act
• Expansion of slavery into the Mexican Cession