Missouri Compromise

What is the term for disagreements between different regions of a nation?

• sectionalism

• federalism

• nationalism

• suffrage

Which politician from Kentucky helped create the compromise allowing Missouri to become a state?

• Henry Clay of Kentucky

• John C. Calhoune of South Carolina

• John Quincy Adams of Massachusetts

• Abraham Lincoln of Illinois

Which state was added as a free state to balance out Missouri joining the Union as a slave state?

• Maine

• Illinois

• Indiana

• Vermont

Before Missouri applied for statehood there was a balance in the number of slave states and free states. How many of each type of state were there?

• 13

• 11

• 15

• 24

Which line of latitude would become the northern limit for the expansion of slavery into new territories after the Missouri Compromise was ratified?

• 45 degrees North latitude

• 36 degrees, 30 minutes North latitude

• The Equator, 0 degrees latitude

• 45 degrees South latitude

What practice was banned in new territories above the 36 degree, 30 minute North line of latitude after the Missouri Compromise was passed?

• slavery

• religious freedom

• funding public education

• sectionalism

Why would someone in the south oppose the Missouri compromise?

• It would limit new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

• It would expand new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

Why would someone in the north be in favor of the Missouri compromise?

• It would limit new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

• It would expand new territory in which slavery would be allowed as the U.S. expanded west.

What units of measurement are used to divide the space between lines of latitude and longitude?

• minutes and seconds

• miles and feet

• kilometers and meters

• yonders and cubits

How did the Missouri Compromise increase sectional tensions between the Northern free states and the Southern slave states?

• The Missouri Compromise limited religious freedom.

• The Missouri Compromise limited the expansion of slavery into new Western territories.

• The Missouri Compromise limited the expansion of new road and canal building projects.

• The Missouri Compromise limited trade in new Western territories