Causes of the Civil War

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The Compromise of 1850...

• gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.
• banned slavery in Texas
• allowed California to enter as a free state.

Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

• Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C. Slave markets
• Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcomed into the gold mines of California
• Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

• A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted
• Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession
• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

What did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" do to the relationship between the North and South?

• It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was illegal and wrong
• It fueled tension between the Northern and the Southern states
• It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was legal and right

As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would slavery in the remaining territory of Utah and New Mexico from the Mexican Cession be decided?

• Popular sovereignty- the people in the territory would vote
• National sovereignty-the people in all of America would vote
• The House of Representatives would vote

Why was the South against California entering the union?

• California wanted to be a slave state
• California would be a free state and upset the balance of slave and free states.
• The addition of California would balance the power between free and slave states.

What is the fundamental issue behind the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850?

• Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
• Should states be able to secede from the Union?
• Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

How did the North respond to the fugitive slave law?

• Many Northerners believed that the law was unfair and started joining the abolitionists movement.
• Northerners were pleased with the laws as they sought to expand slavery to the west.
• Religious groups left the abolitionists movement to avoid the controversy.