The Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850

9th Grade

8 Qs

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The Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did California ask to join the Union as a free state?

1849

1850

1851

1852

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which states wanted to join California as free states?

Texas, Nevada, and Arizona

Oregon, Utah, and New Mexico

Florida, Georgia, and Alabama

Washington, Idaho, and Montana

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Southern states threaten to do due to the power imbalance caused by more states being free?

Form a new country

Secede from the Union

Abolish slavery

Increase taxes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who proposed an agreement between the North and the Southern states?

John C. Calhoun

Abraham Lincoln

Henry Clay

Andrew Jackson

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was John C. Calhoun's stance on the agreement proposed by Henry Clay?

He supported it

He was indifferent

He hated it

He ignored it

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did John C. Calhoun want to do regarding slavery?

Abolish it

Expand it to western territories

Limit it to the Southern states

Ignore it

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Compromise of 1850 allow California to do?

Become an independent country

Enter the Union as a free state

Enter the Union as a slave state

Remain a territory

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these was part of the Compromise of 1850?

Fugitive Slave Act

Ruffian Voting Act

Runaway Network Act.

Southern Slave Regulation Act.