Chapter 18 APUSH

this was not among the issues that concerned southerners in 1849-1850

a growing chance that a constitutional amendment would abolish slavery

in his seventh of march speech Dainel Webster

called for a new more stringent fugitive slave law

In the debates of 1850, Senator William H. Seward, as representative of the northern young guard argued that

christian legislators must obey God's moral law

most american leaders believed that the only way to keep the new pacific coast territories from breaking away from the United States control wa to

construct a transcontinental railroad

the primary objective of manifest destiny expansionists in the 1850s was

cuba

in light of future evidence, it seems apparent that in the compromise of 1850 the south made a tactical blunder by

demanding a strong fugitive slave law

an event that helped the cause of compromise in 1850 was when Zachary Taylor

died suddenly and millard Fillmore became president

the event that threatened to destroy the longstanding equality of free and slave states in the United States senate was the

discovery of gold in California

the event that brought turmoil to the administration of zachary taylor was the

discovery of gold in california

of those people going to california during the gold rush

distressingly high portion were lawless men

the public liked popular sovereignty because it

fit in with the democratic tradition of self--determination

the free soil party of 1848 harbored many northerners who stood squarely against slavery in the territories on the grounds that

it destroys white workers the chance to rise up from wage earning dependance

this is not a reason that some southerners felt Cuba would be an enticing prospect for annexation

it was not controlled by any european power and would be easily acquired

the election of 1852 was significant becauseit

marked the end of the whig party

Stephen Douglass proposed that the slavery issue in the Kansas- Nebraska territory be decided by

popular sovereignty

John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the south and slavery did not include

preventing the spread of slavery to california

in the 1848 presidential election the democratic and whig parties

remained silent about the issue of slavery

during the 1850s slaves probably gained their freedom most frequently by

self purchase or voluntary emancipation

the fatal split in the whig party in 1852 occurred over

slavery

the United States victory in the mexican war did not result in

the acquisition of the Oregon country

Calhoun's plan to protect slavery did involve

the election of two presidents, on in the north and one in the south

the most alarming aspect of the compromise of 1850 to northerners was the decision concerning

the new fugitive slave law

undoubtedly the most durable offspring of the Kansas Nebraska blunder was

the new republican political party

according to the principal of popular sovereignty the question of slavery in the territories would be determined by

the people in any given territory

a southern route for the transcontinental railroad seemed best because

the railroad would be easier to build in this area

the pierce administrations secret scheme to fain control of Cuba was stopped when

the secret ostend manifesto was leaked to the public

The debate over slavery in the Mexican cession

threatened to split national policies along the north south line

one of Stephen Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas Nebraska act was

underestimating northern opposition to the spread of slavery

by 1850 the sough was losing ____ runaways a year out of its 4 million slaves

1000

The wilmont proviso, if adopted. would have

Prohibited slavery in any territory acquired in the Mexican war