Compromise of 1850 Video

What event significantly increased California's population, leading to its application for statehood?

• The establishment of the Fugitive Slave Act

• The California Gold Rush

• The nullification crisis

• The signing of the Missouri Compromise

Who was known as the 'Great Compromiser' and played a key role in the Compromise of 1850?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Stephen Douglas

• John C. Calhoun

• Henry Clay

What controversial law was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 to appease the South?

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Slave Trade Act

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What concept allowed new territories to decide on slavery through voting?

• Popular sovereignty

• Federal mandate

• Abolitionist movement

• Secession rights

What was a direct consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Immediate abolition of slavery

• Increased tensions between the North and South

• California entering as a slave state

• The end of the Civil War