The Compromise of 1850

The ________ Compromise of 1820 stopped the slavery debate in Congress for a little while. (Maine was admitted as a free state, Missouri was admitted as a slave state, and the Missouri Compromise Line was drawn at 36° 30’ preventing the spread of slavery north.)

• Missouri

• Kansas-Nebraska

• Compromise of 1850

• Three-Fifths

In 1831, ________ staged a slave rebellion and more than 50 white people were killed. This rebellion proved that slaves were willing to fight for their freedom and it also led to stricter slave laws.

• Nat Turner

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriet Tubman

• Denmark Vesey

In 1846, the U.S. went to war with ________ and won. Now, Congress had to decide whether or not to allow slavery in the new land.

• Mexico

• Canada

• France

• Spain

Northerners thought that all of the Mexican Cession land should be ________ territory or be decided by ________. Southerners thought that the land should be ________ to slavery or the ________ Compromise line should be extended to the Pacific Coast.

• free, popular sovereignty, open, Missouri

• slave, Congress, closed, Kansas-Nebraska

• neutral, the president, restricted, Compromise of 1850

• shared, the Supreme Court, limited, Mason-Dixon

In the end, both Northerners and Southerners got some of the things they wanted out of the Compromise of 1850. For the North: a. ________ was added to the Union as a FREE state.

• California

• Texas

• Florida

• Missouri

In the end, both Northerners and Southerners got some of the things they wanted out of the Compromise of 1850. For the North: b. The slave trade in ________, D.C. ended

• Washington

• Richmond

• Atlanta

• Philadelphia

The ________ Slave Act was passed which required people to help catch and return escaped slaves.

• Fugitive

• Liberty

• Abolitionist

• Freedom

Both New ________ and ________ would decide the issue of slavery by popular sovereignty.

(a)  

A border dispute between Texas and New Mexico was decided in favor of ________.

• New Mexico

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Arizona

Label the Following: Match each territory to its correct location on the map of the Compromise of 1850.

• Green area in the north-central region

• New Mexico Territory

• Green area on the west coast

• California

• Red area in the south

• Unorganized Territory

• Green area in the northwest

• Oregon Territory

• Red area in the southwest

• Utah Territory