Exploring the Compromise of 1850

What was the primary cause of tension discussed from 1844 till the Civil War?

• Economic downturns

• Slavery and its expansion

• Foreign policies

• Political elections

What did the Southern Position argue regarding slavery?

• It should be limited to existing states

• It was a constitutional right

• It should be abolished

• It was economically unviable

What was the main goal of the Free Soil Movement?

• To make new territories free of slavery

• To expand slavery

• To promote agricultural development

• To ensure all new territories were slave-holding

What does 'popular sovereignty' mean in the context of slavery?

• Territories deciding on slavery themselves

• Government control over slavery decisions

• State governments deciding on slavery

• International intervention in slavery

Why did the admission of California and New Mexico as free states cause tension?

• It increased the population drastically

• It was against the Compromise of 1820

• It led to economic imbalances

• It threatened the balance in the Senate

Who proposed the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

• Thomas Jefferson

• Andrew Jackson

What did the Compromise of 1850 allow in the new territories?

• Immediate freedom for all slaves

• Slavery to be decided by Congress

• Slavery decided by popular sovereignty

• All territories to be slave-holding

What was a major component of the Compromise of 1850?

• Immediate secession of southern states

• Creation of new slave states

• A stricter Fugitive Slave Law

• Abolition of slavery in the South

How did the Fugitive Slave Law affect the North?

• It was widely supported

• It led to economic growth

• It was difficult to enforce

• It had no significant impact

What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1850?

• It abolished slavery in the territories

• It temporarily calmed tensions

• It led to the immediate start of the Civil War

• It ended all tensions regarding slavery