SS878 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What problem led to the Missouri Compromise? | Missouri wanted to enter the United States as a slave state. This would have upset the balance between free and slave states in the U. S. Senate |
What year was the Missouri Compromise? | 1820 |
What state was admitted as a slave state in the Missouri Compromise? | Missouri |
What state was admitted to the Union as a free state in the Missouri Compromise? | Maine |
Who was the primary author of the Missouri Compromise? | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky |
Who is the "Great Compromiser?" | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky |
What line of latitude separated free and slave states in the Missouri Compromise? | 36 degrees 30 minutes North |
36 degrees 30 minutes is the southern boundary of what state? | Missouri |
What problem precipitated the Compromise of 1850? | California wanted to be admitted to the United States as a free state. No slave territory was ready to come into the Union a slave state. This meant there would be an imbalance between free and slave states in the Senate. |
In the Compromise of 1850 what state entered the United States as a free state? | California |
In the Compromise of 1850 the Mexican Cession was divided into what two territories? | Utah and New Mexico |
How were the Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory to determine if they would allow slavery, or not? | popular sovereignty |
What is popular sovereignty? | Residents vote and majority rules |
What is a majority? | One vote over half (Example --100 people vote--51 votes is one vote over half) |
Who was the main author of the Compromise of 1850? | Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky |
In what year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | 1854 |
Who was the main author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois |
How would people living in the Kansas and Nebraska Territories determine if they would be free or slave according to the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | Popular sovereignty |
The Kansas-Nebraska Act would replace what earlier Congressional action? | Missouri Compromise |
Due to the Compromise of 1850 Congress passed what law, further restricting slaves? | Fugitive Slave Law |
What were the terms of the Fugitive Slave Law? | Slaves who had run away to Northern States would be returned to their owners in the South. |
In the Compromise of 1850, what U. S. city could no longer allow the buying and selling of slaves? | Washington, D. C. |
After the Compromise of 1850 was slavery allowed in Washington, D.C.? | yes |
What is the capital of the United States? | Washington, D. C. |
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