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WorksheetsExpansion and Division- Notes 3 (Compromise of 1850)
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
What set the slave line at the 36°30° parallel?
Compromise of 1850
The Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Missouri Compromise
What states were added because of the Missouri Compromise?
California
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Maine
Who was known as the "Great Compromiser"?
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay devised a plan that would deal with slavery issues, border disputes, and fugitive slaves. What was this plan called?
Great
Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
3/5 Compromise
What were the main points of the Compromise of 1850? Choose 4.
California would join as a free state
The Fugitive Slave Act passed
Utah & New Mexico's citizens would choose whether they would allow slavery
Slavery would continue in Washington D.C. but not slave trade
The U.S. would purchase 30,000 square miles from Mexico to finish out the southern border
True or False. Henry Clay's Compromise of 1850 would keep the Union together but only for 11 more years.
True
False
This law demanded that runaway slaves be returned to the South and that anyone who helped a slave escape would be punished.
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Slave Codes
Fugitive Slave Act
What was one result of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Many African Americans fled to Canada
Many African Americans fled to Europe
Many African Americans fled to California
Many African Americans fled to the Oregon Territory
This author was even more committed to ending slavery after the Fugitive Slave Act was passed. What was her name?
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What book did Harriet Beecher Stowe write that shook the nation about the horrors of slavery?
Twelve Years a Slave
American Slavery, American Freedom
Uncle Toms Cabin
The Liberator
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
How did the South view Harriet Beecher Stowe's book?
They loved it. It became a best seller.
They thought it was an unfair & exaggerated view of slavery.
They thought it was an accurate depiction of slavery.
They thought it was a racist novel.
