Expansion Compromises

A compromise is:

• a way to settle an agreement when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want

• when a settlement can NOT be reached between two groups

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed_____________ to enter the union as a free state.

• MISSOURI

• MAINE

Which states were added as a result of "wars" with Mexico?

• Florida, California, Oregon, Nevada

• Texas, Utah, California, New Mexico

What do the Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act have in common?

• Fugitive Slave Law

• Runaway Slave Law

What was the final decission on Dred Scott v Sanford?

• States South of the 36° 30 latitude line can have slaves

• Slaves are property therefore they cannot sue or be taken away from their owners.

Warefare broke-out in "Bleeding Kansas" over

• wheter people from the North or South should be allowed to come there

• whether the state should be allowed to be free or slave state

Which act repealled the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

• Both

Who is the "Great Compromiser"?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Henry Clay

Sectionalism, Slavery, and State rights are arguments for which war?

• War of 1812

• Civil War

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

The Compromise of 1820 was an attempt to

• keep the slave state and free states equal

• abolish slavery

• expand slavery