8-1 Flashcards
Proposed by Representative David Wilmot, this was the proposition that stated that any new territory wouldn’t have the right to own slaves.
Wilmot Proviso
This person was a Senator from Michigan that introduced popular sovereignty.
Lewis Cass
This was an idea that citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide for themselves whether or not they want to permit slavery.
popular soverignty
How DID popular sovereignty appeal to some people?
It removed slavery from national politics and seemed democratic.
How DIDN’T popular sovereignty appeal to some people?
Abolitionists believed that it didn’t end slavery, and Midwesterners felt that Northern settlers would move into new territories, thus making these territories mainly free.
What did the Free Soil Party believe?
They opposed slavery expansion in the west, and used the slogan “Free soil, free labor, and free men.”
Who won the 1848 election and became the 12th president?
Whig Zachary Taylor
What happened to President Taylor? (MYTH)
He was poisoned with cherries likely by his VP, Millard Fillmore.
What happened to President Taylor? (REALITY)
He had a heat stroke.
Who are the 49ers?
These were people that flocked to California in masses (80k<) to California because of gold.
This was the person that came up with the Compromise of 1850.
Henry Clay
What were the parts to the Compromise?
- California enter as free state while lands from Mexican cession were open to popular sovereignty
- New Mexico win border dispute with Texas while Texas debt paid for by federal government
- Slavery in D.C. banned, but not anywhere else
- Congress not interfering with slave trade while adopting a stricter fugitive slave law.
This person hated the Compromise of 1850.
John C. Calhoun
What did John C. Calhoun demand from the Compromise of 1850?
- acceptance of the South’s rights
- return of fugitive slaves
- guaranteed balance of power
This person took over as the 13th president due to Taylor’s death.
Millard Fillmore
