Chapter 18.1 Flashcards
3 provisions of the Missouri Compromise
- Missouri enters union as slave state
- rest of Louisiana Purchase is free and slave territory
- slavery is not allowed above 36 30 line
what did the wilmot proviso state
slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory acquired in the Mexican Cession
who passed wilmot proviso
where did it die
why
House of Rep
Senate
South had more power
when people favor the interests of one region over the interests of the country as a whole
sectionalism
what is popular sovereignty
it is he popular vote on if slavery should exist in that state or territory
what issue dominated the Presidential Campaign of 1848
neither the Democrats nor the Whigs took a clear position on slavery in the west
how many miles did the mexican war add to the US
300,000
thousands of antislavery northerners formed a new political party called
free-soil party
`did the free-soil party support the Wilmoy Proviso
yes
who was the free-soil presidential candidate in 1848
Martin Van Buren
who was the whig party presidential candidate in 1848
Zachary Taylor
who won the presidential election of 1848
Zachary Taylor
what enabled California to quickly become a state
California Gold Rush
Most Californians hoped it would enter the union as a ___ state, but that would upset the ___ between free and slave states
free
balance
senator who spoke for anti-slavery northerners
William Seward
senator from the south who spoke for many in the south
John C. Calhoun
senator from New Hampshire who was ___ slavery but argued in preserving the ___ and that was more important than any ____ differences
against
union
regional
when did the compromise of 1850 become law
1850
6 conditions of compromise of 1850
- CA entered union as free state
- Mexican Cession divided into Utah and New Mexico
- Utah and New Mexico’s status on slavery-decided by pop sov
- Texas gives up land claims in New Mexico in exchange for money
- outlawed slave trade in nation’s capital, but not slavery
- produced new fugitive slave act
what made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves
fugitive slave act
means runaway person
fugitive
before ____, slaveholders and their agents could take fugitive slaves
US Commissioners
could the accused fugitives testify in their defense
no
commissioner who rejected a slaveholder’s claim would receive __$
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