After the Mexican War, the United States gained a large portion of new land. In an attempt to decide whether these new territories would be slave states or free states, Congress passed A. the Northwest Ordinance. B. the Compromise of 1850. C. the Kansas-Nebraska Act. D. the Missouri Compromise.

1. the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a state without slavery. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger law targeting fugitives from slavery. A:A. Compromise of 1850 B:B. faction C:C. Kansas-Nebraska Act D:D. UnionTurn In2. a proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the United States as a result of the Mexican-American War A:A. confront B:B. Missouri Compromise C:C. Union D:D. Wilmot ProvisoTurn In3. a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional A:A. ensure B:B. Dred Scott decision C:C. Lincoln-Douglas debates D:D. UnionTurn In4. an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a state with slavery and Maine was admitted as a state without slavery A:A. fugitive B:B. Dred Scott decision C:C. faction D:D. Missouri CompromiseTurn In5. an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories A:A. Wilmot Proviso B:B. Kansas-Nebraska Act C:C. Missouri Compromise D:D. factionTurn In6. a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery) A:A. fugitive B:B. Lincoln-Douglas debates C:C. Compromise of 1850 D:D. Missouri CompromiseTurn In7. a series of political debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, who were candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator, in which slavery was the main issue A:A. confront B:B. fugitive C:C. Lincoln-Douglas debates D:D. UnionTurn In8. the United States as one nation united under a single government. During the Civil War, “the Union” came to mean the government and armies of the North. A:A. Compromise of 1850 B:B. Union C:C. ensure D:D. Missouri CompromiseTurn In

Congress passed the Missouri Compromise in 1820. What happened in 1849 that threatened to upset the balance between states with slavery and free states? A:A. California applied for admission to the Union as a free state.B:B. The people of Missouri voted to secede from the United States.C:C. Congress approved the Wilmot Proviso banning slavery in the Mexican Cession.D:D. Southerners succeeded in opening all of the Mexican Cession to slavery.

What prompted Congress to come up with the Compromise of 1850? a. A battled that broke out along the Kansas-Nebraska border.  b. Grant and Lincoln's criticism of western expansion and the Mexican-American War.   c. The debate over pro-expansionists and anti-imperialists.  d. The debate and uncertainty of California entering as a free state or slave state.

Which were part of the Compromise of 1850? (pick 3)A.California would become a free stateB.the sale of slaves would end in Washington D. C. , but not the ownership or practice of slaveryC.The Fugitive Slave Act was passedD.the South left the United States and the Civil War started

What did the Missouri Compromise authorize the people of the Missouri territory to do? Transcript of the Missouri CompromiseAn Act to authorize the people of the Missouri territory to form a constitution and state government, and for the admission of such state into the Union on an equal footing with the original states, and to prohibit slavery in certain territories. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the inhabitants of that portion of the Missouri territory included within the boundaries herein after designated, be, and they are hereby, authorized to form for themselves a constitution and state government, and to assume such name as they shall deem proper; and the said state, when formed, shall be admitted into the Union, upon an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatsoever. . . . Section 8. And be it further enacted. That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state, contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude . . . shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited: Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labour or service is lawfully claimed, in any state or territory of the United States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labour or service as aforesaid. APPROVED, March 6, 1820.A:A. vote on becoming a stateB:B. form a state governmentC:C. vote on allowing slaveryD:D. decide the size of their state