5 Key Compromises

Question 0

Missouri Compromise

Answer 0

1820
Made Missouri a slave state
Made Maine a free state

Question 1

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 1

1854
Said that the people of the territories should decide for themselves on slavery
Made a line at 36”30’ as the boundary of slavery
Included popular sovereignty

Question 2

3/5 Compromise

Answer 2

1787

Said 3 out of 5 slaves could be counted toward the states population

Question 3

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 3

1787
Said all states in Northwest Territory would be free
Involved 6 states

Question 4

Compromise of 1850

Answer 4

1850
Abolished slavery in Washington DC
Made California a free state
Made the fugitive slave act

Question 5

Why did the US work to pass so many compromises?

Answer 5

So that there was a balance of power in Congress so that the US could continue to pretend that slavery was not a problem

Question 6

Compromise

Answer 6

Creating a solution to a problem to which both sides can agree

Question 7

Fugitive slave act

Answer 7

Anyone in the north had to help capture slaves

Question 8

Popular sovereignty

Answer 8

When a state gets to decide for itself on an issue

Question 9

What were the 6 states invoked in the northwest territory?

Answer 9

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