Compromises & GA Platform

What was the initial concern about Missouri's statehood?

• Its population size

• Its location

• Its effect on Congressional balance

• Its economic status

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• To make Missouri a free state

• To balance slave and free states in Congress

• To start the Civil War

• To end slavery completely

Which state became a free state to balance Missouri as a slave state?

• California

• Georgia

• Maine

• Texas

What was one major concern of Southern states regarding Congressional power?

• Losing power in the Senate

• Having too much representation

• Controlling the presidency

• Managing western territories

What caused California to seek statehood?

• The Gold Rush

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Southern pressure

Why was California's admission as a state problematic?

• It had too much gold

• It wanted to be a slave state

• There was no slave state to balance it

• It didn't meet population requirements

What was the main benefit the North received from the Compromise of 1850?

• California's admission as a free state

• The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• More power in the Georgia Platform

• The protection of slavery rights

What was the main benefit the South received from the Compromise of 1850?

• California's admission as a free state

• The passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• More power in the Georgia Platform

• The protection of slavery rights

Who created the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln and Henry Clay

• Robert Toombs and Alexander Stephens

• The Georgia Platform committee

• Henry Clay and Stephen A. Douglas

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• Slaves to be freed in the North

• Southern states to join the Union

• Northern states to return runaway slaves

• States to choose their slavery status