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COMPROMISE OF 1850

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California

b)

Maine

c)

Missouri

d)

Texas

2.

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.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Federalism

d)

Separation of Powers

3.

What are the three branches of government under the U.S. and California constitutions?

a)

executive, congressional and the judicial

b)

congressional, judicial and the legislative

c)

judicial, legislative and presidential

d)

executive, legislative and judicial

4.

What is NOT a reason the SLAVE states were happy with the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California joined the United States as a free state.

b)

Slavery was still allowed in Washington, D.C.

c)

The Fugitive Act was passed.

5.

The MO Compromise, of 1820, seemed to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...

a)

Mexican Cession.

b)

Louisiana Purchase.

6.

As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.

a)

Louisiana

b)

Alabama

c)

Kansas

d)

Missouri

7.

In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

8.

The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

a)

Arizona

b)

California

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

9.

The Fugitive Slave Act...

a)

increased Underground Railroad Activity.

b)

led to resistance in the North.

c)

infuriated abolitionists.

d)

All of the above

10.

Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions in the mid-19th century?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

The Three-Fifths Compromise