Tariffs and Compromises

Why did the South oppose tariffs? (Select all that apply)

• They weren't approved by Congress

• The south received no benefits from these tariffs

• Their trade with Great Britain would be ruined

• Tariffs heavily biased the North

Why did the North favor a tariff? 

• protected their industries from foreign competition 

• it increased the prices of cotton 
• it would decrease slave labor 
• it would punish the Southern economy 

Balancing slave and free states by admitting Missouri as slave and Maine as free was know as the...

• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• popular sovereignty
• Missouri Compromise of 1820

Which statement best describes the Compromise of 1850?

• Main is a free state and missouri is a slave state.
• People decided the slavery issue in the Louisiana Territory.
• California is a free state and the people of the Southwest territories vote on slavery.
• A new fugitive slave law is passed and Oregon is a slave state

How were Kansas and Nebraska supposed to decide on slavery.

• popular sovereignty
• president decides
• Congress decides
• State legislatures decide.

36°30' (the green line in the picture) was a part of which pre Civil War Compromise?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Popular sovereignty was the main part of which Compromise?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraksa Act

What is a tariff?

• a tax on slaves

• a tax on imported goods

• a tax on property

• a vote on slavery

Select all of the following that were a part of the Missouri Compromise.

• Maine is admitted as a free state

• Missouri is admitted as a slave state

• Slavery is forbidden in new territories north of 36°30'

• The people of Arkansas can vote on slavery

Select all of the following that are a part of the Compromise of 1850.

• California is admitted as a free state

• Utah and New Mexico get to vote on slavery

• The slave trade is outlawed in Washington DC

• The Fugitive Slave Law is enacted