Unit 1 Mid Term Review

Question 1

Who is Stephen Douglas?

Answer 1

Senator Stephen Douglas was a leading northern democrat that ran against Abraham Lincoln to keep the senator seat in Illinois.

Question 2

Nullification Crisis

Answer 2

South Carolina, led by John C. Calhoun, opposed federal tariffs and asserted the right to nullify federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.
ii. President Andrew Jackson vigorously opposed nullification and threatened military force to uphold federal authority, eventually defusing the crisis.

Question 3

Compromise of 1850

Answer 3

• California entered as a free state, •New Mexico and Utah territories were left open to popular sovereignty (allowing residents to decide the slavery question).
• The Fugitive Slave Act was strengthened, requiring the return of escaped slaves to their owners, and this was a source of significant controversy and resistance in the North.
• abolition of slave trade in Washington DC