Compromise of 1850 - Quiz
A) The slave trade B) Slave ownership C) All forms of agriculture D) Public political assembly
A) Virginia and Maryland B) North and South Carolina C) Ohio and Indiana D) Pennsylvania and New York
A) Divided evenly B) Indifferent C) Highly supportive D) Unanimously opposed
A) States' rights preserved! B) The war is over! C) The Union is saved! D) Freedom for all!
A) A temporary truce B) A mistake of history C) A legislative failure D) A final settlement
A) Dred Scott decision B) Missouri Compromise C) Fugitive Slave Act D) Kansas–Nebraska Act
A) David M. Potter B) Henry Clay C) Mark Stegmaier D) Daniel Webster
A) Postponed it for a decade B) Prevented it entirely C) Accelerated it immediately D) Caused it to end early
A) Republican Party B) Federalist Party C) Whig Party D) Democratic Party
A) The Liberator B) The Impending Crisis C) Common Sense D) Uncle Tom's Cabin
A) Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas B) John C. Calhoun and Andrew Jackson C) James Polk and Zachary Taylor D) Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
A) Admission of California as a free state B) The Fugitive Slave Act C) Abolition of the slave trade in D.C. D) Texas relinquishing claims to New Mexico for debt assumption
A) Abolished slavery completely B) Expanded slave plantations C) Drafted a new Constitution D) Continued to industrialize
A) Slave labor and cash crop production B) Technological innovation C) International banking D) Industrial manufacturing
A) Georgia B) California C) Florida D) Delaware
A) The Mexican War B) The California Gold Rush C) The Missouri Compromise D) The establishment of a territorial government
A) He was a Northern abolitionist B) He was a foreign diplomat C) He was a Western rancher D) He was a Southern slaveowner
A) Personal liberty laws B) Statehood recognition acts C) Executive orders D) The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
A) Catholics B) Puritans C) Latter-day Saints D) Quakers
A) Admit them as states B) Establish them as federal territories C) Split them into multiple smaller territories D) Return them to Mexican control
A) Public assembly B) Polygamy C) Tax evasion D) Expansionism
A) British colonial governors B) Elected state representatives C) American military governors D) Mexican officials
A) Two B) Three C) Five D) Four
A) Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna B) Porfirio Diaz C) Benito Juarez D) Miguel Hidalgo
A) Mississippi River B) Rio Grande C) Nueces River D) Colorado River
A) Red River B) Rio Grande C) Arkansas River D) Nueces River
A) 1848 B) 1850 C) 1845 D) 1836
A) 32nd B) 25th C) 30th D) 28th
A) James K. Polk B) Abel Upshur C) John Tyler D) Sam Houston
A) John Tyler B) Martin Van Buren C) Zachary Taylor D) Andrew Jackson
A) Civil War B) War of 1812 C) Texas Revolution D) Mexican-American War
A) Louisiana Purchase B) Mexican Cession C) Gadsden Purchase D) Texas Annexation
A) The Alamo B) Mexican-American War C) Battle of San Jacinto D) 1841 Santa Fe Expedition
A) $1 million B) $50 million C) $10 million D) $5 million
A) Ten B) Five C) Three D) Eight
A) James K. Polk B) Millard Fillmore C) Abraham Lincoln D) Andrew Jackson
A) Constitutional amendment B) Federal mandate C) Popular sovereignty D) Executive order
A) Louisiana B) Florida C) Oregon D) Utah
A) Zachary Taylor B) Andrew Jackson C) Millard Fillmore D) James K. Polk
A) Heart failure B) Influenza C) Tuberculosis D) Pneumonia
A) Salmon P. Chase B) William H. Seward C) Henry S. Foote D) Jefferson Davis
A) January 29, 1850 B) December 5, 1849 C) March 15, 1850 D) June 10, 1850
A) Millard Fillmore B) James K. Polk C) Abraham Lincoln D) Zachary Taylor
A) Southern Sectionalist B) The Union Divided C) The Nationalist View D) Higher Law
A) Eight B) Ten C) Five D) Three
A) Constitutional Convention B) Committee of Thirteen C) Nashville Convention D) Federalist Society
A) Stephen A. Douglas B) Linn Boyd C) Howell Cobb D) Daniel Webster
A) Texas's militia expenses B) Mexico's reparations C) Texas's debts D) New Mexico's land taxes
A) Stephen A. Douglas B) Daniel Webster C) Attorney General Crittenden D) Henry Clay
A) A resolution package B) The Great Compromise C) An omnibus bill D) The Thirteen-Point Plan
A) Howell Cobb B) Henry S. Foote C) Stephen A. Douglas D) Linn Boyd
A) 103rd meridian B) 110th meridian C) 105th meridian D) 100th meridian
A) By local option B) By the Supreme Court C) By the federal government D) By a nationwide vote
A) A voluntary policy B) A severe measure C) A minor amendment D) A temporary suggestion
A) Salt Lake City B) El Paso C) Santa Fe D) Denver
A) $1,000 B) $100 C) $5,000 D) $500
A) Missouri Compromise B) Wilmot Proviso C) Alabama Platform D) Kansas-Nebraska Act
A) Supreme Court B) Senate C) Nashville Convention D) Presidential Cabinet
A) 100th meridian west B) 36°30' parallel north C) 102nd meridian west D) 34th parallel north
A) John Bell B) Thomas Hart Benton C) Lewis Cass D) Stephen Douglas
A) The northern border of New Mexico B) The southern tip of the Rio Grande C) The southwestern corner of today's Oklahoma D) The center of California
A) Only by federal legislation B) Only after statehood C) Never, even before statehood D) Only by territorial vote |
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