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Free and Slave States

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did Missouri's request to join the United States in 1820 cause a crisis?

a)

Northern states did not want to accept the Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Southern states were upset that Missouri wanted to join as a free state

c)

Northern states were upset that Missouri wanted to join as a slave state

d)

Southern states worried they would lose power in Congress if Missouri became a state

2.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed citizens to vote over whether to allow slavery in _________.

a)

Washington, D.C.

b)

California

c)

Maine

d)

Utah

3.

Which statement might John Calhoun, a politician from the South, have made?

a)

The federal government can intervene in important state issues

b)

The country only works if the federal government is powerful

c)

States should be more powerful than the federal government

d)

We should pass a high tariff, which will help American manufacturers

4.

What became a major issue in Congress following Missouri's request to join the United States in 1820?

a)

The spread of industry in western territories

b)

The rising number of free states

c)

The possibility of war with Mexico

d)

The spread of slavery into western territories

5.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slavery in __________.

a)

New Mexico

b)

Arkansas

c)

California

d)

Texas

6.

Which statement might Daniel Webster, a politician from the North, have made?

a)

States can ignore federal laws if states disagree with them

b)

Federal laws must apply to everyone

c)

The country only works if states hold the most power

d)

Slaves are property and should remain enslaved wherever they go

7.

Which statement might Daniel Webster, a politician from the North, have made?

a)

The country will only work if the federal government is powerful

b)

A state shouldn't have to follow a federal law that hurts its economy

c)

A low tariff is best because it will help farmers sell crops overseas

d)

The federal government must return escaped slaves to their owners

8.

The Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in _______.

a)

Missouri

b)

Washington, D.C.

c)

New Mexico

d)

Utah

9.

What became a major issue in Congress following Missouri's request to join the United States?

a)

The slave trade in Washington, D.C.

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act upsetting people in the North

c)

The possibility of war with Mexico

d)

The balance between free states and slave states

10.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

a)

Most northerners support the Compromise of 1850.

b)

People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery

c)

People in the North organize to stop the spread of slavery

d)

Northerners support the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

11.

Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?

a)

All new territories would be free of slavery, but slavery was protected where it already existed

b)

Slavery was permitted in all new lands in the West, but the slave trade was outlawed

c)

California joined the United States as a free state, but slavery could spread in southwestern territories

d)

Slavery was allowed in new territories, but only free territories would be able to become states.

12.

Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Missouri joined the United States as a slave state

b)

Members of Congress were no longer allowed to talk about slavery

c)

Slavery was allowed to spread into all US territories

d)

Slavery was banned from all US territories

13.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

a)

Northerners support the Compromise of 1850

b)

Southern states ban northern newspapers

c)

People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery

d)

Abolitionists publish newspapers opposing slavery

14.

Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Texas was added to the United States as a slave state

b)

Slavery was allowed to spread into all US territories

c)

Limits were set about where slavery could spread in US territories

d)

Maine and Missouri joined the United States as free states

15.

Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?

a)

The compromise allowed slavery in new territories, but only free territories would be allowed to become states

b)

The compromise allowed slavery in all new lands in the West but outlawed the slave trade

c)

The compromise made all new territories free of slavery but protected slavery where it existed

d)

The compromise allowed California to join the United States as a free state but would allow slavery in southwestern territories

16.

Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?

a)

It banned the slave trade across all lands in the United States

b)

It made all new territories free of slavery but protected slavery where it existed.

c)

It allowed people to vote on whether to allow slavery in new territories

d)

It allowed slavery in new territories, but only free territories would be allowed to become states.

17.

Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Members of Congress were no longer allowed to talk about slavery

b)

Territories above the southern border of Missouri were not allowed to have slavery

c)

Missouri and Maine joined the United States as free states

d)

Slavery was banned from all US territories

18.

Which sentence best completes this diagram?

a)

Most people in the North and the South work to compromise over slavery

b)

Southerners are more willing to compromise with northerners

c)

Northerners and southerners grow more politically divided

d)

People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery

19.

What was the fundamental question addressed in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Should the U.S. expand westward?

b)

Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

c)

Should slavery be allowed in new states?

d)

Should states be able to secede from the Union?

20.

more rural​ (a)  

more urban​ (b)  

free African Americans experienced discrimination (c)  

Choose from the below words
South
North
both
21.

This compromise admitted one slave state, and one free state. Additionally, it designated the status of future states in the region as off limits to slavery or open to slavery.

a)

Maine Compromise

b)

Louisiana Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise

22.

Which option best completes the chart?

23.

Match the following

a)

Compromise 1850

1.

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Compromise 1877

2.

Ended Reconstruction

c)

Great Compromise

3.

Representation in Congress