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

The South feared it would lose power and influence in the Senate.

The South feared enslaved workers would run away to the new state.

The South feared it would have to pass laws to maintain slavery.

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?

The Free Soil Party was included in the vote.

The slave trade was not addressed.

Each measure was voted on individually.

The spread of slavery was not addressed.

What was one important consequence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

The law improved relations between the North and South and helped ease any remaining tensions.

The abolition movement gained support as the law forced Northerners to take part in the system of slavery.

Fewer runaway enslaved people were captured and returned because the law was too lax and had too many loopholes.

Many more enslaved people escaped to the North because the law ensured that they would be protected.

Who contributed to the Compromise of 1850, along with Henry Clay?

William Seward

Stephen Douglas

John C. Calhoun

Lewis Cass

Why did some sections of the country feel betrayed by President Zachary Taylor?

He was a Northerner who wanted California to adopt popular sovereignty.

He was a Southerner who supported California’s admission as a free state.

He was a Southerner who wanted California to enter as a slave state.

He was a Northerner who supported a ban on slavery in California.

Which of the following best explains why California’s application for statehood caused a sectional crisis?

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.

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.

California would enter as a slave state. If any formerly enslaved people traveled to California, they would automatically lose their freedom.

California would enter as a free state. If any enslaved people traveled to California, they would automatically be granted their freedom.

Which of the following best describes a challenge faced by Congress in 1850?

whether to acquire new territories in the West

whether to sell territory from the Mexican Cession

whether to spread slavery into new territories

whether to encourage territories to become states

Which of the following groups made up the Free Soil Party?

anti-abolitionists and Republicans

the forty-niners and Republicans

antislavery Whigs and Northern Democrats

proslavery Whigs and Southern Democrats

For a time, the passage of the Compromise of 1850 helped to avoid

a new law regarding runaways.

a civil war between the states.

the spread of abolitionism.

the policy of popular sovereignty.

Which of the following is the correct order of events?

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

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

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

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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