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8th -
12thgrade
Missouri Compromise and Compromise of 1850
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What was the primary question surrounding the 1832 Nullification Crisis?
Can the federal government regulate interstate commerce?
Can a state regulate a federal agency?
Can a state overturn a federal law?
Can the federal government levy taxes on states?
- 2. Multiple Choice
The Nullification Crisis calls into question which amendment?
The First Amendment
The Tenth Amendment
The Fifth Amendment
The Ninth Amendment
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law
Unlike freedmen, slaves were welcomed into the gold mines of California
Members of both groups could be sold in Washington D.C. Slave markets
Unlike slaves, freedmen could vote in territories gained by the Mexican Cession.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of these directly resulted from the event announced in this headline?
The abolitionist movement gained momentum in the North
Members of the U.S. Senate sought to end Black Codes in the southern states
The federal government allowed the expansion of slavery into all new western territories
Abolitionists moved to the South to avoid living under the new law
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which of the following temporarily relieved some sectional tensions for the time being in the 19th century?
The Compromise of 1850
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which state entered the union as a free state and which entered as a slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise
Texas entered as a slave state, California entered as a free state
Missouri entered as a slave state, Maine entered as a free state
Maine entered as a slave state, Missouri entered as a free state
California entered as a slave state, Texas entered as a free state
- 7. Multiple Choice
The Missouri Compromise created what line of latitude that stated slavery would be permitted below the line, but not above it?
54'40
36'30
12'76
18'50
- 8. Multiple Choice
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
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted
California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state
Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession
The southwest territories would determine their free vs slave status via popular sovereignty
- 10. Multiple Choice
In which part of the U.S. was most of the cotton cultivated?
The Upper South
The Lower South
The North
The West
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