The Compromise of 1850

The Compromise of 1850

Read each question carefully and provide thoughtful answers based on your knowledge of the Compromise of 1850. For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. For short answer questions, write your responses in complete sentences.

1. Which of the following was NOT a major provision of the Compromise of 1850?

2. Who was a key figure in drafting the Compromise of 1850?

3. The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the  .

4. The Fugitive Slave Act, a part of the Compromise, required all citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves and denied them a  .

5. The Compromise of 1850 permanently resolved the issue of slavery in the United States.

6. The slave trade was abolished in Washington D.C. as a result of the Compromise of 1850.

7. Explain the concept of 'popular sovereignty' as it was applied to the territories of Utah and New Mexico in the Compromise of 1850.

8. Describe the immediate and short-term reactions of both abolitionists and slaveholders to the Fugitive Slave Act.

Match each term with its correct description.