Chapter 14: The Nation Divided - Section 1: Growing Tensions Over Slavery Flashcards
After the Mexican-American War. Between 1820 and 1848, 8 new states were admitted. Which states were slave and which were free?
4 free. 4 slave.
What was the Wilmot Proviso law? And who proposed it?
Congress would ban slavery in all territory that might become a part of the U.S as a result of the Mexican-American War. David Wilmot proposed this law.
What was the “Free Soil Party”?
The Free Soil Party was formed on the basis of the Wilmot Proviso. They wanted to stop the spread of slavery into the newly acquired territory from Mexico.
WHAT were the 3 candidates that ran in the election of 1848?
Democrats, Whigs, and Free Soil.
WHO were the 3 candidates that ran in the election of 1848?
Democrats - Senator Lewis Cass.
Whigs - Zachary Taylor.
Free Soil - Former President Martin Van Buren.
Who won the election of 1848?
Zachary Taylor.
True or False?
Neither side realized that the admission of California would upset the balance between free and slave states.
False.
Both sides realized that it would upset the balance.
What does Henry Clay present.
Henry Clay presents a series of proposals to deal with the issue of California.
Who argues against the compromise?
John C. Calhoun.
Who argues for Henry Clay’s proposal in order to preserve the union?
Daniel Webster.
What did the compromise of 1850 do to please the North?
- California would be admitted as a free state
- Slave trade would be ban in Washington D.C
What did the compromise of 1850 do to please the South?
- Popular Sovereignty would decide slave issues in other new states from the Mexico cession
- Southerners got a tough new Fugitive Slave Law.
What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
It allowed government officials to arrest anyone accused of being a slave.
What was the book “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” about?
The horrors of slavery.
Who wrote “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”?
Harriet Beecher Stowe.
