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 Congress ultimately secure its premier position in the issue of Missouri's entrance into the Union?
By forcing Missouri's constitution to require congressional approval before it was ratified.
By forcing Missouri to make concessions in how it would manage its constitutional convention.
By sending its own delegates to monitor the constitutional convention.
By threatening to indefinitely stall the process of Missouri joining the Union if their demands weren't met.
Q. How was the Compromise a victory for states' rights supporters?
It showed that a single state could overpower the federal government.
It demonstrated how weak Congress actually was.
It allowed for the inclusion of new states through enough whining.
It created the precedent for new states' self-determination.
Q. How was the question of river ownership handled by Congress?
Rivers were deemed to be solely owned by the federal government.
Rivers were granted as part of the state itself, with full control.
Rivers were declared to be property of nobody.
Rivers were made a common boundary in which bordering states could operate freely, but were ultimately under the authority to the Feds.
Q. What was Congress' ultimate show of strength in the Compromise?
The concessions Congress forced upon Missouri's constitution.
The precedent Congress set in how it could dictate the entrance of new states.
The ability of the federal government to force territories to play by Congressional rules.
Congress' power to reshape the geography of the U.S. and determine the future boundaries of slave and free states at whim.
Q. Why was Compromise framed as a states' rights issue?
To avoid and blowback from it being addressed as a slavery issue.
Most people really believed it was primarily a states' rights issue.
Congress felt it could squeeze more leverage out of their position if it was framed as such.
Congress was sick about arguing over slavery.