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The Kansas-Nebraska Act Answers

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What was the South’s greatest concern when California applied for statehood?

A
The South feared it would lose power and influence in the Senate.
B
The South feared enslaved workers would run away to the new state.
C
The South feared it would have to pass laws to maintain slavery.
D
The South feared the goldmining industry would overtake agriculture.
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Which of the following helped the Compromise of 1850 gain passage in Congress?

A
The Free Soil Party was included in the vote.
B
The slave trade was not addressed.
C
Each measure was voted on individually.
D
The spread of slavery was not addressed.
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What was one important consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

A
The law improved relations between the North and South and helped ease any remaining tensions.
B
The abolition movement gained support as the law forced Northerners to take part in the system of slavery.
C
Fewer runaway enslaved people were captured and returned because the law was too lax and had too many loopholes.
D
Many more enslaved people escaped to the North because the law ensured that they would be protected.
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Who contributed to the Compromise of 1850, along with Henry Clay?

A
William Seward
B
Stephen Douglas
C
John C. Calhoun
D
Lewis Cass
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Why did some sections of the country feel betrayed by President Zachary Taylor?

A
He was a Northerner who wanted California to adopt popular sovereignty.
B
He was a Southerner who supported California’s admission as a free state.
C
He was a Southerner who wanted California to enter as a slave state.
D
He was a Northerner who supported a ban on slavery in California.
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Which of the following best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

A
California would enter as a free state and upset the balance. The South’s loss of influence would mean they could not block antislavery laws.
B
California would enter as a slave state and upset the balance. The North’s loss of influence would mean they could not block proslavery laws.
C
California would enter as a slave state. If any formerly enslaved people traveled to California, they would automatically lose their freedom.
D
California would enter as a free state. If any enslaved people traveled to California, they would automatically be granted their freedom.
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Which of the following best describes a challenge faced by Congress in 1850?

A
whether to acquire new territories in the West
B
whether to sell territory from the Mexican Cession
C
whether to spread slavery into new territories
D
whether to encourage territories to become states
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Which of the following groups made up the Free Soil Party?

A
anti-abolitionists and Republicans
B
the forty-niners and Republicans
C
antislavery Whigs and Northern Democrats
D
proslavery Whigs and Southern Democrats
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For a time, the passage of the Compromise of 1850 helped to avoid

A
a new law regarding runaways.
B
a civil war between the states.
C
the spread of abolitionism.
D
the policy of popular sovereignty.
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Which of the following is the correct order of events?

A
The Wilmot Proviso is rejected;Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill;California applies for statehood;The Compromise of 1850 passes.
B
The Wilmot Proviso is rejected;The Compromise of 1850 passes;California applies for statehood;Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill.
C
Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill;California applies for statehood;The Wilmot Proviso is rejected;The Compromise of 1850 passes.
D
Gold is discovered at Sutter’s Mill;The Compromise of 1850 passes;The Wilmot Proviso is rejected;California applies for statehood.

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