Chapter 13 Flashcards
What blocked the passing of the Wilmot Proviso into law?
The senators (specifically the southern) always kept rejecting or voting against it
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
An amendment that the United States prohibit slavery in any territory acquired from Mexico
What did the Calhoun Resolutions say about slavery?
Slavery could not be banned in the territories until a territory became a state
By the 1850’s what percent of the American population owned slaves?
5%
What was the greatest spur to the American settlement of California?
California Gold Rush
Why did the south resist the admission of California as a state?
The admission if California would upset the balance between slave and free state in senate, and the south could lose its power in the senate
List the provisions of the compromise of 1850.
- California be admitted as a free state
- The slave trade (not slavery) be abolished in the District of Columbia
- A federally enforced fugitive slave act, which would put the government solidly behind the return of runaway slaves
- The protection of slavery in the District of Columbia
- The new territories of New Mexico and Utah be organized without reference to or restrictions on slavery
Which provision actually worsened the tensions between the North and the South?
Fugitive Slave Law
According to Daniel Webster , why was the debate over slavery in the new territories needless?
The new territories conditions could not support a slave economy anyway.
What was probably the most affective propaganda tool for abolition?
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Give an approximate number of slaves that escaped via the Underground Railroad.
Thousands
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Douglas wanted to win Southern support for his railroad, and to ensure that the transcontinental railroad would benefit Illinois.
What party became the real successor to the Whig Party?
Republican
Who was responsible for “Bleeding Kansas”?
slave owners (proslavery) vs abolitionists (anti-slavery)
What was the source of the Sack of Lawrence? What happened, who/what was responsible?
Ruffians who were proslavery, sacked the town of Lawrence, and practically destroyed everything. One man was killed because of a collapsed building.
