Compromises Quiz

Would Missouri be admitted to the Union as a free state or a slave state?

The Missouri Compromise (The Question) :

1820-1821

The Missouri Compromise was

A. A set sectional debate between Northern and Southern legislators.

B. Upset the balance between Southern and Northern States.

The Missouri Compromise (The Debate):

A. Maine separates from Massachusetts

B. Maine enters as a free state

C. Missouri enters as a slave state

D. Anything above 36°30’ latitude closed to slavery

(The Missouri Compromise) Henry Clay's Compromise:

1850

The Compromise of 1850 was in

A. Extension of slavery was issue when California applied to enter the Union

B. Pro and Anti-Slavery argued over new territory from Mexico Cession

The Compromise of 1850 (Issue)

A. Stephen Douglas (Illinois)

B. Daniel Webster (Massachusetts)

The Compromise of 1850 (Supporters):

Henry Clay (Great Compromise)

The Compromise of 1850 (Who Planned the Compromise):

A. California enters free state

B. New Mexico and Utah would have popular sovereignty

C. Outlawed slave trade in D.C.

D. Enacted strict fugitive slavery law

The Compromise of 1850 (The Actual Compromise):

1854

Kansas-Nebraska Act was in

Stephen Douglas

Kansas-Nebraska Act (Supporter and Plan):

Western Territories lay North of Dividing Line (36 degrees) Missouri Compromise they were off limits to slavery.

Kansas-Nebraska Act (Issue):

Southern Senators are going to prevent statehood

Kansas-Nebraska (Southern Reaction and Plan):

Overrode Missouri Compromise and Allowed slavery in Territories by Popular Sovereignty

Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854 (What was the Impact on the Missouri Compromise?):

Pro and Anti-slavery settlers move to area (violent confrontations)

Kansas-Nebraska Act (What was the Result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?):

Scott was a slave owned by Dr. John Emerson (Army Surgeon) who moves from the slave state of Missouri to free state of Illinois and Wisconsin returns to Missouri

Dred Scott Decision (The history of the event leading to the court case?)

Sues for freedom claiming he should be free because he lived on free soil for a long time

Dred Scott Decision (Suit of Dred Scott):

A. He is considered property and he has no rights

B. Is not considered a citizen either

C. Courts stated Missouri Compromise violated the 5th amendment rights (Deprive someone of their property without due process)

Dred Scott Decision (Supreme Court Ruling):

While Chief Justice Roger B. Taney intended for the ruling to settle the national controversy over slavery, it instead deepened sectional divides and accelerated the path to the American Civil War:

The Supreme Court’s denial of Scott’s plea immediately became a violently divisive issue in national politics. It provoked outrage in the antislavery North. At the same time the ruling was celebrated in the South.

Dred Scott Decision (Affect of the Supreme Court):