Missouri Compromise Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Missouri Compromise? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. How did the Founding Fathers address slavery?
They didn't.
By allowing it under controlled circumstances in state laws.
By forbidding it at a federal level and looking the other way.
With passionate argument for the abolitionist movement without enforcing any laws.
Q. Why did the Missouri Crisis occur?
It was inevitable that there would come a time when the balance of free and slave states would be upset by newcomers, and Missouri just happened to be the unlucky winner of that lotto.
Missouri planned it that way, for attention.
Congress screwed up the order in which they allowed new states to join.
Agitators for Maine statehood created a vast conspiracy in order to open up the dialogue on Maine breaking away from Massachusetts.
Q. Why was the federal government so reluctant to address slavery?
Most people supported slavery as the right and proper order of things.
The federal government felt that introducing formal slave regulations would cause too much red tape to gum up the works.
It was well known to be a divisive issue, and opening the can of worms could possible threaten the integrity of the young Union.
Congress had better things to do.
Q. Why was Missouri so adamant about becoming a slave state?
Laziness
It was the backbone of their economy.
Missouri wanted to be part of the Southern Club.
They'd had slavery for so long they felt that might as well just stick to it.
Q. Why was there so much trouble in getting the Compromise through Congress?
Congressman didn't devote any time to the issue.
Congress was gridlocked by obstructionist political parties.
Congress was on strike at the time.
The equivalency between slave and free state representatives meant that either side had to sway members of the other, a difficult task in such a hot-button issue.