Principles of the Compromise
California was admitted as a _____ state.
Free
What is another name the United States of America was often referred to as?
The Union
What bills and laws were easier to pass after California was admitted to the Union, pro-slavery or anti-slavery?
anti-slavery
Land gained from what war was a main cause of the Compromise of 1850?
The Mexican-American War
What did you call a state that didn't practice slavery?
A Free State
What other territories (that later became states) were given territorial governments by the compromise?
New Mexico and Utah
What was the process by which territories decided whether or not they would practice slavery?
Popular Sovereignty
What state was admitted to the Union after California and were they a free or slave state?
Minnesota; Free State (1858)
What was the compromise that turned the North and South against each other over slavery with a literal line?
The Missouri Compromise
What important political figure opposed the Compromise of 1850?
President Zachary Taylor
What act was passed as a part of the Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Act
What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?
It required that runaway slaves be returned to their owners regardless of whether they were found in a free or slave state.
What was the violence caused by the popular sovereignty vote in Kansas referred to as?
"Bleeding Kansas"
How many states were in the Union after California was admitted? How many Slave States? How many Free States?
31 total states; 16 free, 15 slave
Where was slavery abolished as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
New Mexico and Utah