Quiz on Lesson 1
The Compromise of 1850

1. A compromise is Click to select a way to settle an argument when both sides give a little to get a part of what they want when a settlement can not be reached between two groups .

2. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Click to select Missouri Florida Maine Arkansas Michigan to enter the Union as a free state.

3. The Missouri Compromise of 1820 allowed Click to select Missouri Florida Maine Arkansas Michigan to enter the Union as a slave state.

4. Which of the following states was NOT admitted to the Union between 1836 and 1850? Click to select Arkansas Michigan Florida Texas Tennessee Iowa Wisconsin

5. When California asked to be admitted to the Union, the Missouri Compromise was tested because: Click to select half of California was in a free territory and the other half was in a slave territory. California outlawed slavery. California was extremely large.

6. Under the Compromise of 1850, the state of Click to select Utah New Mexico South California North California came into the Union as a free state.

7. Under the Compromise of 1850 the south got a promise that Utah and New Mexico could Click to select be free states decided for themselves whether they wanted slavery or not be slave states

8. The South got a new law called the Click to select Runaway Slave Law Fugitive Slave Law which said that any slaves escaping from the south to freedom in the north should be returned to their masters.