Compromises over Slavery-Checkpoint 18

Which statement BEST summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slaves.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slaves.

• The book's shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slave.

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser" for his role in the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

• James Gadsden

• Franklin Pierce

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

Which statement accurately explains the reasons for the Compromise of 1850?

• The Missouri Compromise broke down, and a new plan was needed for Kansas and Nebraska.

• The territory of California wanted to enter the Union as a free state, and California's entry would upset the balance between free and slave states.

• The Fugitive Slave Act had become an issue between the North and South, and a compromise was needed to resolve it.

• There was a dispute of boundaries with Mexico, and the United States wanted to build a railroad on the disputed land.

Which items were part of the Compromise of 1850 (choose 4)?

• Texas gave up its claim to the New Mexico Territory, but received $10 million in compensation.

• The territories of Kansas and Nebraska chose whether or not to allow slavery.

• Slavery continued in Washington DC, but the slave trade ended there.

• A strong Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

• The territories of Utah and New Mexico chose whether or not to allow slavery.

Which statement BEST describes the impact of the Compromise of 1850?

• The compromise resolved the issue between the North and South until the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed.

• The compromise kept the North and South together for a little longer, and the Gadsden Purchase decreased tensions between them.

• The compromise resolved the issues between the North and South until the Gadsden Purchase was approved.

• The compromise kept the North and South together for a little longer, but the Fugitive Slave Act increased tensions between them.

How did the Fugitive Slave Act impact African Americans?

• It led some African American slaves in the Deep South to lose their new freedom.

• It allowed African Americans to move to new free states and territories.

• It led some African Americans to flee to Canada for safety.

• It offered a jury trial to African American slaves captured in the North.

_______________ led to a split between Northern and Southern Whigs.

• The Gadsden Purchase

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1850

The split of the Whig Party led to the rise of the ________________, which was formed by Northern Whigs.

• Republican Party

• Democratic Party

Why did "Bleeding Kansas" occur?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed new settlers to Kansas and Nebraska to bring slaves with them even though slavery was not allowed there

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed abolitionists to establish an underground railroad to help free slaves in Kansas and Nebraska.

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the Fugitive Slave Act to be enforced within the borders of Kansas and Nebraska.

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed popular sovereignty to determine whether or not Kansas and Nebraska would be slave territories or free territories.

Which statement accurately describes the effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• It effectively overturned the terms of the Gadsden Purchase.

• It effectively overturned the terms of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• It effectively overturned the terms of the Missouri Compromise.

• It effectively overturned the terms of the Compromise of 1850.