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WorksheetsCOMPROMISE OF 1850
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which state entered the Union as a free state as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
California
Maine
Missouri
Texas
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.
Popular Sovereignty
Checks and Balances
Federalism
Separation of Powers
What are the three branches of government under the U.S. and California constitutions?
executive, congressional and the judicial
congressional, judicial and the legislative
judicial, legislative and presidential
executive, legislative and judicial
What is NOT a reason the SLAVE states were happy with the Compromise of 1850?
California joined the United States as a free state.
Slavery was still allowed in Washington, D.C.
The Fugitive Act was passed.
The MO Compromise, of 1820, seemed to settle the question of whether slavery could expand into the...
Mexican Cession.
Louisiana Purchase.
As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.
Louisiana
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
The Fugitive Slave Act...
increased Underground Railroad Activity.
led to resistance in the North.
infuriated abolitionists.
All of the above
Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions in the mid-19th century?
The Great Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Three-Fifths Compromise
