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WorksheetsExpansion Compromises
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
A compromise is:
a way to settle an agreement when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want
when a settlement can NOT be reached between two groups
The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed_____________ to enter the union as a free state.
MISSOURI
MAINE
Which states were added as a result of "wars" with Mexico?
Florida, California, Oregon, Nevada
Texas, Utah, California, New Mexico
What do the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?
Fugitive Slave Law
Runaway Slave Law
What was the final decission on Dred Scott v Sanford?
States South of the 36° 30 latitude line can have slaves
Slaves are property therefore they cannot sue or be taken away from their owners.
Warefare broke-out in "Bleeding Kansas" over
wheter people from the North or South should be allowed to come there
whether the state should be allowed to be free or slave state
Which act repealled the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Both
Who is the "Great Compromiser"?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Sectionalism, Slavery, and State rights are arguments for which war?
War of 1812
Civil War
American Revolution
French and Indian War
The Compromise of 1820 was an attempt to
keep the slave state and free states equal
abolish slavery
expand slavery
