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The Compromise !

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the Missouri compromise MOSTLY about?

a)

Drew a line to show where you allowed to own slaves and where you were not allowed to own slaves.

b)

Returning slaves back to their owners.

c)

Fighting with others to take land.

d)

Dred Scott decision, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories.

2.

In the Missouri compromise what 2 state was allowed to enter as a free state?

a)

Maine

b)

Missouri

c)

Alabama

d)

Kentucky

3.

The Missouri compromise is also known as?

a)

The Compromise 1820

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

The Henry Compromise

d)

The Equality

4.

Who came up with the idea of the Missouri compromise?

a)

George Washington

b)

Henry Clay

c)

James Monroe

d)

Thomas Jefferson

5.

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

a)

In the House of Representatives

b)

In the Senate

c)

In the judicial Branch

d)

In the Executive Branch

6.

What was the 2 most important parts of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah.

b)

Package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850

c)

California would be a free state also the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Law.

d)

Five bills passed by congress

7.

Why was the South against California entering the union?

a)

California liked to free slaves

b)

California was the scene of violence and bloodshed

c)

California wanted to be a slave state

d)

California would upset the delicate balance of the Senate

8.

What was the Fugitive Slave act?

a)

required runaway slaves to return to their masters.

b)

slaves could stay free

c)

runaway slaves had to get killed

d)

a law passed by congress to keep slaves lock up

9.

What was the Supreme Court’s decision in the Dred Scott case?

a)

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

b)

The slavery diminished the national character.

c)

That African American rights were protected Constitution.

d)

That slavery should be abolished by executive order.

10.

The Dred Scott case made what Compromise unconstitutional?

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Great Compromise

c)

The great compromise of 1850

d)

The Great Compromise

11.

During the Lincoln-Douglas debates what was Lincoln's view of slavery?

a)

The nation could continue as half-free

b)

It was a moral issue

c)

Slavery would cause the Union to dissolve

d)

It was a legal issue

12.

Dred Scott is famous for...

a)

Owning a slave

b)

Becoming a famous doctor

c)

Winning a nobel prize

d)

suing for his freedom