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