Ch. 14 Sect. 1&2 Wrksht Flashcards
Explain the term popular sovereignty
It means that people interterritorial stay with those directly on issues rather than having their elected representatives decide
What was the Wilmot proviso
Like two hours slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico
What does the word secede mean
To withdraw
Which territorywanting to join the union as a free state after gold was discovered
California
Who was the united states senator known as the great compromiser
Henry clay
Name V in United States Senator from South Carolina who opposed the plan of the great compromiser
John c. Calhoun
Name the US sender from Massachusetts who was for compromise over the issue of 1850
Daniel Webster
In September 1850 Congress passed five bills based upon the proposals of the great compromiser. this was called the
The compromise of 1850
Name the parts of the plan of the great compromiser that pleased the northern states
California is admitted to the union as a free state and it banned slave trade it in the nation’s capitol
Named the parts of the plan that we used the southern states
Popular sovereignty to be used to decide slavery in the rest of the Mexican session in and kind though to be a free or slave state
Explain the fugitive slave act of 1850
It allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave
Name the author of uncle Tom’s cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Which US Senator proposed the Kansas Nebraska act
Stephen Douglas
The Kansas Nebraska act undid what compromise for 1812
Misery compromise
Explain in your own words bleeding Kansas
A very violent period of time while the cutest hairdryer was settling
