increasing sectionalism/road to civil war Flashcards
what caused the Missouri compromise?
the need for balance between free and slave states
who negotiated the Missouri compromise?
Henry Clay
what was the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri became a slave state Maine broke from Massachusetts and became a free stat, slavery was outlawed above the latitude 36 30
besides views in slavery, what else divided the north and south?
Tariffs
why didn’t the south like the tariffs?
they felt that they only benefited the north
what was the Nat Turner rebellion?
Nat turner (a slave) freed slaves on Virginia farms and killed 60 whites
what resulted because of this rebellion?
more severe slave codes
why wasn’t Texas annexed right away?
fear of imbalance between slave and free states
what did the addition of the Mexican cession do?
gave southerners hope that slavery would spread to the pacific ocean.
what was the Wilmont proviso?
would outlaw slavery in the Mexican cession
why was the “free soil” party formed?
to prevent slavery from spreading
what is popular sovereignty?
allowing the people to vote on the decision
what was the California compromise?
California became free Utah and new mexico got to vote whether or not they were a slave state, slave trade was banned in Washington DC and and a stronger fugitive slave law was enforced.
who revealed that some southerners opposed slavery?
the Grimke sisters
who wrote the north star?
Ex-Slave Fredrick Douglass
