5. California becoming a state was controversial because
A. Southerners were upset it was going to be a free state
B. Mexican officials still claimed that California was rightfully there territory
C. many Americans were prejudiced against the many ethnicities that inhabited California because of the Gold
Rush
D. Northerners were angered over the fact that California allowed slavery
6. What did Henry Clay propose in the Compromise of 1850 to pacify both the North and South?
A. California would be a slave state, but the next state to join the Union would be a free state
B. California would be a slave state, Oregon would be a free state
C. California would be a free state, Congress would pass the Fugitive Slave Act
D. California would be a free state, but slavery would be allowed in Kansas and Nebraska
-7. The Kansas-Nebraska Act sounded like a good idea because
A. Kansas would be a free state while Nebraska would be a slave state
B. the citizens of Kansas and Nebraska would vote for themselves on the issue of slavery
C. it allowed both Kansas and Nebraska to allow slavery, but would prohibit the addition of any more slave
states
D. slavery was banned in Kansas and Nebraska, but would be permitted it future states that join the Union
8. The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in -
A. a violent protest in the streets of Washington D.C.
B. slavery being allowed in both Kansas and Nebraska
C. Nebraska seceding from the Union in order to legally allow slavery
D. people in Kansas and Nebraska fighting and killing each other over slavery
I’ll give you brainliest if you can answer all!!!
