Compromise of 1850 Quizzes
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Q. How did Stephen Douglas help get the Compromise of 1850 passed?
He broke the bill up and got each separate part passed individually by gathering votes for each.
His rousing speech on March 7, 1850 convinced many senators to get on board with the Compromise.
He suggested the addition of the Fugitives Slave Act.
He manned the free latte station that was set up by Henry Clay to win people over, and came up with the slogan "Compromise is Cool" for the buttons.
Q. What was the most memorable idea(s) from Daniel Webster's famous speech defending the Compromise to the Senate?
Keeping the country united was the most important thing.
The North had grown stronger than the South, and needed to give them some concessions for the South's protection.
Banning the slave trade in D.C. was necessary, because it was shameful to have such practices happening in the nation's capital.
You should never wear white between Labor Day and Memorial Day.
Q. Why was Texas preparing their military forces during the debate over the Compromise?
The Compromise included taking away the land that was supposed to be New Mexico, which many Texans saw as their territory.
Mexico had started making threats that they were going to try and re-take the land they lost during the Mexican-American War.
Some anti-Compromise politicians started a rumor that the laws would ban slavery in Texas.
The New Mexico territory was claiming to have the best barbecue.
Q. Why did Stephen Douglas have to get involved in passing the Compromise of 1850?
Because Henry Clay's omnibus bill failed to pass in the Senate.
Because his political influence was much stronger than Henry Clay's.
Because he was a major southern politician and southern senators listened to him.
Because he always had to stick his nose into everyone else's business (so annoying).
Q. What did a group of southerners do during the debate over the Compromise because they were worried that slavery's expansion would be rejected?
They tried to invade and liberate Cuba in order to rebuild a Caribbean slave empire.
They gathered southerners to rush to western territory and establish plantations there with slavery before Congress could ban it.
They approached Spain and France to try and put international pressure on the North.
They started a rumor that Henry Clay and Daniel Webster bought their clothes at outlet malls and didn't even know how to spell "compromise."