Antebellum Quiz

Which issue brought about the need for a compromise measure in 1850?

• the application of California for statehood as a free state

• The outbreak of violence in the Kansas Territory

• The need for a new Oregon Treaty

• The dispute over the California Gold Rush

What part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most conflict between the North and the South?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Balance of power in Congress

• That California was entered as a slave state

• That Oregon became a slave state.

What part of the Compromise of 1850 caused the most conflict between the North and the South?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Balance of power in Congress

• That California was entered as a slave state

• That Oregon became a slave state.

Who negotiated the Compromise of 1850?

• Henry Clay

• John Quincy Adams

• John C. Fremont

• Andrew Jackson

The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

• Popular Sovereignty

• Checks and Balances

• Federalism

• Separation of Powers

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

• Washington, DC

• Richmond

• New Orleans

• Charleston

What Act was the cause of Civil Confrontation between Kansas and Missouri?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

Which of these groups attacked anti slvery settlers?

• Border Ruffians

• Jayhawks

• Abolitionists

• Guerillas

What created the need to utilize this territory?

• Railroads

• steam boats

• wagon trains

• settlers

What impact did the Kansas Nebraska Act have on the Missouri Compromise?

• repealed it

• strengthend it