Chapter 13

Question 0

What did the Calhoun resolutions say about slavery?

Answer 0

It could not be banned until a territory became a state

Question 1

What did the Wilmot Proviso say about slavery?

Answer 1

It’s must be banned in any territory acquired from Mexico

Question 2

What’s was the greatest spur to American settlement of California?

Answer 2

Gold Rush

Question 3

Why did the South resist the admission of California as a state?

Answer 3

They feared the loss of power in the Senate

Question 4

What was the provisions of the compromise of 1850?

Answer 4

Admission of California as a free state.
abolition of the slave trade in the District of Columbia.
organization of the New Mexico territory without reference to slavery.

Question 5

What’s was not a provision of the compromise of 1850?

Answer 5

Passage of the transcontinental railroad through Illinois

Question 6

According to Dan’l Webster why was debate over slavery in the new territories needless?

Answer 6

The climate of the new territories cannot support slavery

Question 7

Which provision of the compromise of 1850 actually worsened tension between the north and south?

Answer 7

Fugitive slave law