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WorksheetsFree and Slave States
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 14mins
Why did Missouri's request to join the United States in 1820 cause a crisis?
Northern states did not want to accept the Fugitive Slave Act
Southern states were upset that Missouri wanted to join as a free state
Northern states were upset that Missouri wanted to join as a slave state
Southern states worried they would lose power in Congress if Missouri became a state
The Compromise of 1850 allowed citizens to vote over whether to allow slavery in _________.
Washington, D.C.
California
Maine
Utah
Which statement might John Calhoun, a politician from the South, have made?
The federal government can intervene in important state issues
The country only works if the federal government is powerful
States should be more powerful than the federal government
We should pass a high tariff, which will help American manufacturers
What became a major issue in Congress following Missouri's request to join the United States in 1820?
The spread of industry in western territories
The rising number of free states
The possibility of war with Mexico
The spread of slavery into western territories
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slavery in __________.
New Mexico
Arkansas
California
Texas
Which statement might Daniel Webster, a politician from the North, have made?
States can ignore federal laws if states disagree with them
Federal laws must apply to everyone
The country only works if states hold the most power
Slaves are property and should remain enslaved wherever they go
Which statement might Daniel Webster, a politician from the North, have made?
The country will only work if the federal government is powerful
A state shouldn't have to follow a federal law that hurts its economy
A low tariff is best because it will help farmers sell crops overseas
The federal government must return escaped slaves to their owners
The Compromise of 1850 outlawed the slave trade in _______.
Missouri
Washington, D.C.
New Mexico
Utah
What became a major issue in Congress following Missouri's request to join the United States?
The slave trade in Washington, D.C.
The Fugitive Slave Act upsetting people in the North
The possibility of war with Mexico
The balance between free states and slave states
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
Most northerners support the Compromise of 1850.
People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery
People in the North organize to stop the spread of slavery
Northerners support the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act
Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?
All new territories would be free of slavery, but slavery was protected where it already existed
Slavery was permitted in all new lands in the West, but the slave trade was outlawed
California joined the United States as a free state, but slavery could spread in southwestern territories
Slavery was allowed in new territories, but only free territories would be able to become states.
Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri joined the United States as a slave state
Members of Congress were no longer allowed to talk about slavery
Slavery was allowed to spread into all US territories
Slavery was banned from all US territories
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
Northerners support the Compromise of 1850
Southern states ban northern newspapers
People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery
Abolitionists publish newspapers opposing slavery
Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Texas was added to the United States as a slave state
Slavery was allowed to spread into all US territories
Limits were set about where slavery could spread in US territories
Maine and Missouri joined the United States as free states
Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?
The compromise allowed slavery in new territories, but only free territories would be allowed to become states
The compromise allowed slavery in all new lands in the West but outlawed the slave trade
The compromise made all new territories free of slavery but protected slavery where it existed
The compromise allowed California to join the United States as a free state but would allow slavery in southwestern territories
Which statement best explains how the Compromise of 1850 attempted to resolve debates over the expansion of slavery?
It banned the slave trade across all lands in the United States
It made all new territories free of slavery but protected slavery where it existed.
It allowed people to vote on whether to allow slavery in new territories
It allowed slavery in new territories, but only free territories would be allowed to become states.
Which statement best describes a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Members of Congress were no longer allowed to talk about slavery
Territories above the southern border of Missouri were not allowed to have slavery
Missouri and Maine joined the United States as free states
Slavery was banned from all US territories
Which sentence best completes this diagram?
Most people in the North and the South work to compromise over slavery
Southerners are more willing to compromise with northerners
Northerners and southerners grow more politically divided
People in the West argue for the right to vote on allowing slavery
What was the fundamental question addressed in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
Should the U.S. expand westward?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
Should slavery be allowed in new states?
Should states be able to secede from the Union?
more rural (a)
more urban (b)
free African Americans experienced discrimination (c)
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.
Maine Compromise
Louisiana Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Which option best completes the chart?
Great Compromise
Three-Fifths Compromise
Northwest Ordinance
Articles of Confederation
Compromise 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise 1877
Ended Reconstruction
Great Compromise
Representation in Congress
