Question 1
Both the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Dred Scott decision invalidated this agreement.
A) Compromise of 1850
B) Three-fifths Compromise
C) Wilmot Proviso
D) Missouri Compromise
Question 2
From 1820 to 1854:
A) North and South continued to put the Union above sectional interests.
B) each effort at compromise was more difficult.
C) politicians avoided slavery as a national issue.
D) territorial expansion caused few national disputes.
Question 3
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
A) California admitted as a free state
B) Fugitive Slave Law adopted
C) Texas cedes lands to New Mexico Territory
D) slavery banned in all unorganized territories
Question 4
By the 1848 election, the national parties:
A) remained staunchly national.
B) managed to keep social divisions from occurring.
C) had divided over slavery.
D) were already eroded by sectionalism.
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