Division in the U.S. Test Review

He was nicknamed the "Great Compromiser" after being the person most responsible for creating and passing the Compromise of 1850 through Congress.

• Henry Clay

• Abraham Lincoln

• James Buchanan

• Charles Sumter

What was the primary purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

• To end the Mexican-American War

• To ease tensions between free and slave states

• To establish the Republican Party

• To purchase land from Mexico

Which component of the Compromise of 1850 was most controversial in the North?

• Admission of California as a free state

• Abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C.

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Establishment of territorial governments in Utah and New Mexico

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• All states to abolish slavery

• Citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves, even in the north

• Slaves to be freed after 10 years of service

• Slave owners to provide education to their slaves

Which of the following was not an effect of the Fugitive Slave Act on African Americans?

• No trials were held for those captured under the Fugitive Slave Act

• Free African Americans nationwide were in danger of being falsely captured and put into slavery

• Thousands of African Americans fled to Canada for safety & freedom

• It reinforced the rights of free African Americans within the north and south

What was the immediate effect of the Fugitive Slave Act in the North?

• Increased support for the abolitionist movement

• Decreased tensions between North and South

• Widespread compliance with the law

• Economic growth

The Compromise of 1850 included five different laws. Which law was beneficial to the North as part of this compromise?

• South would have to pay the North for any captured slaves

• South promised to reduce the number of slaves

• Slavery was outlawed in the Louisiana territory

• California was admitted as a free state

Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Fredrick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Sojourner Truth

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

What were two impacts of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• It increased the support for abolition in the north

• It increased support for the Fugitive Slave Act in the north

• It outraged the south as an unfair depiction. of slavery

• It led more southerners to support the abolitionist movement

What was the primary reason for the Gadsden Purchase?

• To expand cotton plantations

• To facilitate a southern transcontinental railroad

• To create new free states

• To establish military bases