Chapter 14 Section 1 - Sheet1 Flashcards
Popular Sovereignty
principle that asserts that people are the primary source of the government’s authority; right of people to vote directly on issues
Secede
to withdraw from membership in a group
Fugitive
a runaway
Henry Clay
“The Great Compromiser.” Senator of KY with a plan for the Missouri Compromise, and other proposals to resolve northern & southern differences.
John C. Calhoun
SC Senator against north & south compromise.
Daniel Webster
MA Senator supported Clay’s compromise to preserve the Union.
controversy
argument or dispute
crisis
turning point or deciding event in history
What is the focus question in Section 1 Growing Tensions Over Slavery?
How did the question of admission of new states to the Union fuel the debate over slavery and states’ rights?
Why was Calhoun opposed to California’s admission to the Union?
It would tip the balance in the Senate against slave states.
During the Senate debate on Clay’s Compromise, what region does Webster claim to be speaking?
for the entire country
Calhoun says, “If somthing is not done to arrest it, the South will be forced to choose between abolition and succession. What does “it” refer to?
attacks on slavery
What event did both southerners & northerners worry would destroy the balance of power between them?
California’s admission to the Union
What was the Wilmot Proviso?
a proposed law that would have banned slavery from lands gained as a result of the Mexican-American War
Did the Wilmot Proviso successfully address the nation’s divisions over slavery?
No, it angered and frightened the South.
What were the main issues that led to Henry Clay’s roposed compromise?
California applying to be a state, northern desire to ban the slave trade in D.C. and the South wanting a fugitive slave law
Possible sentence to describe how you feel about the need to compromise if you were a member of congress from the North:
Slavery is wrong, but I will compromise to keep the Union together. or Slavery is wrong, and no compromise is possible, not even to save the Union.
What did southerners want Congress to do about enslaved people who had fled to the North?
pass a law that would force the return of fugitives
