Missouri Compromise & Compromise of 1850

What does Compromise mean?

• settling a dispute by mutual concession

• Identity being discovered

• An Act made by the US

• The start of the Civil War

Which compromise came before the Compromise of 1850?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Dred Scott Compromise

• Mexican Cession

What year was the Missouri Compromise?

• 1810

• 1820

• 1840

• 1850

As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.

• Louisiana

• Alabama

• Kansas

• Missouri

The line of latitude established by the MO Compromise to determine where slavery could spread to was...

• 36'10

• 36'20

• 36'30

• 36/40

30 years after the MO Compromise, the question about the growth of slavery into new territories re-emerged after the...

• Revolutionary War.

• War of 1812.

• Mexican War.

• Civil War.

In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

• Arizona

• California

• New Mexico

• Utah

Who introduced the Compromise of 1850?

• Harriet Tubman

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• Donald Trump

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To get revenge for the Boston Massacre

• To make slavery legal

• To provoke the Southern states

• To balance out the number of free and slave states

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• Allowing the Government to make decisions for the state

• Allowing Southern states the execution of Henry Clay.

• Creation of the North Star.

• Allowing the people to vote for the state