History Unit 8 A Compromise Avoids a Crisis

Question 0

What was Henry Clay known as and why

Answer 0

The “Great Pacificator”

Wanted to keep peace between north and south

Question 1

The Great Triumvirate

Answer 1

Henry Clay(KY) represented the west 
John C Calhoun (SC) south
Daniel Webster (MA) north

Question 2

Clay’s Compromise

Answer 2

1. CA admitted as a free state
2. Popular Sovereignty decides slavery in NM and UT
3. Slave trade ended in Washington DC
4. Congress passes a new fugitive slave act
5. TX ends claims to NM ($10mil)

Question 3

John C Calhoun after Compromise

Answer 3

South is left unprotected, should pursue secession

Question 4

Webster after Compromise

Answer 4

Union and nationalism

“The union is perpetual”

Question 5

Compromise of 1850

Answer 5

Passed by congress September 1850

All of Clays provisions are passed separately

Question 6

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 6

Part of Compromise Act of 1850
Runaway slaves returned to masters
Anyone aiding runaway slaves face fines or prison
Law officers get bonuses and promotions for returning slaves

Question 7

How do people respond to The Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 7

Abolitionists outraged 
North rejects the act
Personal liberty laws passed
Slave catchers arrested
Free blacks often captured as runaway slaves 
Sold into slavery
Venal judges

Question 8

California Gold Rush

Answer 8

1849

Increased population calls for statehood

Question 9

Free soil party

Answer 9

Founded 1848
Anti slavery advocates
Martin Van Buren nominee but he loses
Absorbed by republicans in 1854

Question 10

Crises over California

Answer 10

Gold rush brings thousands
Applies for statehood as a free state
Sectionalism rises again