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Expansion Compromises

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A compromise is:

a)

a way to settle an agreement when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want

b)

when a settlement can NOT be reached between two groups

2.

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed_____________ to enter the union as a free state.

a)

MISSOURI

b)

MAINE

3.

Which states were added as a result of "wars" with Mexico?

a)

Florida, California, Oregon, Nevada

b)

Texas, Utah, California, New Mexico

4.

What do the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?

a)

Fugitive Slave Law

b)

Runaway Slave Law

5.

What was the final decission on Dred Scott v Sanford?

a)

States South of the 36° 30 latitude line can have slaves

b)

Slaves are property therefore they cannot sue or be taken away from their owners.

6.

Warefare broke-out in "Bleeding Kansas" over

a)

wheter people from the North or South should be allowed to come there

b)

whether the state should be allowed to be free or slave state

7.

Which act repealled the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

c)

Both

8.

Who is the "Great Compromiser"?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Henry Clay

9.

Sectionalism, Slavery, and State rights are arguments for which war?

a)

War of 1812

b)

Civil War

c)

American Revolution

d)

French and Indian War

10.

The Compromise of 1820 was an attempt to

a)

keep the slave state and free states equal

b)

abolish slavery

c)

expand slavery