Compromises and Acts Leading to the Civil War

Another word for compromise is an ___________________.

• action

• agreement

• bill

• amendment

The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act, and the Kansas-Nebraska act were all about what issue?

• states' rights

• money

• slavery

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

In the Missouri Compromise, the goal was to add Missouri as a ___________ state.

• free

• slave

In the Missouri Compromise, Congress agreed to add Missouri as a slave state and ________________ as a free state.

• Maine
• California

• Kansas

• Nebraska

In the Compromise of 1850, which large territory on the west coast of the U.S. was added to the Union as a free state?

• Texas

• New York

• Nebraska

• California

Also in the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico and Utah settled the issue of slavery using _______________.

• popular vote

• popular sovereignty

• popular opinion

• popular slavery

What does the term popular sovereignty mean?

• the government decides on the rules (such as slavery)

• the people decide whether they want slavery in their state

The Fugitive Slave Act dealt with fugitives, which are people who _______________.

• remained in slavery

• people who were never enslaved

• people who were escaping from slavery

• people who helped enslaved people find freedom

According to the Fugitive Slave Act, those that helped enslaved people escape would __________________________.

• face criminal charges

• get a reward

• be enslaved themselves

• be forced to leave the state

The Kansas-Nebraska Act is similar to the Compromise of 1850 because they both __________________________.

• used the idea of popular sovereignty to decide whether they would allow some states into the Union.

• were put in place in the same year

• involved the same 2 states

• added 2 slave states to the Union