Historical Compromises and Acts Quiz

What is an abolitionist?

• A person who advocates for the abolition of slavery or similar practices.
• A person who supports the continuation of slavery.
• A politician advocating for economic reforms.
• A historian who studies the Civil War.

What was Ft. Mose?

• Ft. Mose was a famous plantation in the South.
• Ft. Mose was a military fort established by the Spanish.
• Ft. Mose was the first free African settlement in the U.S.
• Ft. Mose was a Native American settlement in Florida.

What did the Missouri Compromise do?

• The Missouri Compromise abolished slavery in all states.
• maintained the balance between free and slave states

• The Missouri Compromise allowed California to enter as a slave state.
• The Missouri Compromise established a new territory in the West.

What was the Compromise of 1850?

• set of laws aimed at resolving issues related to slavery and territorial expansion in the United States.

• An agreement to divide the United States into free and slave territories.
• A law that abolished slavery in all states immediately.
• A treaty between the North and South to end the Civil War.

Why was Ft. Mose important for enslaved people?

• Ft. Mose was a trading post for enslaved people.
• Ft. Mose was a plantation for growing crops.
• Ft Mose was a refuge for freedom and protection from enslavement.

• Ft. Mose was a military fort for enslaved people.

How did the Missouri Compromise try to keep peace between the North and South?

• The Missouri Compromise tried to keep peace by balancing free and slave states and establishing a boundary for slavery.
• It allowed all states to decide on slavery individually.
• It established a tax on slave owners.
• It created a military alliance between the North and South.

Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act important?

• It allowed territories to decide on slavery, escalating tensions leading to the Civil War.
• It ended all debates about slavery in the territories.
• It granted statehood to Kansas and Nebraska immediately.
• It established a new political party focused on abolition.

How were the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 similar?

• They both resulted in the immediate end of the slave trade.
• They were both enacted to support the abolition of slavery.
• They both aimed to balance free and slave states and reduce sectional conflict over slavery.
• They both promoted the expansion of slavery into new territories.

Why do you think Bleeding Kansas got its name?

• It was named after a famous battle in the Civil War.
• It got its name due to the violent clashes over slavery in the Kansas Territory.
• It refers to the bloodshed caused by Native American conflicts.
• It describes the economic struggles of settlers in the region.

If a person is an abolitionist what do they want to happen to slavery?

• They want slavery to continue.
• They want to regulate slavery.
• They want to promote slavery.
• They want slavery to end.