History Chapter 16 Lesson 1

What did the 36°30' N latitude line do?

Separated the slave states from the free states

What happened in 1845?

Texas was admitted to the Union

Who won the election of 1848?

Zachary Taylor

Who were border ruffians?

armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansas

What is a fugitive?

person who is running away from legal authority

What was part of the Compromise of 1850?

the Fugitive Slave Act

In 1849 which state wanted to become a slave free state?

California

Polk tried to buy which territories from the Mexican Government?

California and New Mexico

Who introduced the Wilmot Proviso?

David Wilmot

In 1850 who suggested a compromise?

Henry Clay

Who was elected president in 1844?

James K. Polk

Who said that neither Congress nor any territorial government could ban slavery from a territory or regulate it?

John Calhoun

When president Taylor died who became president?

Millard Fillmore

What happened in 1820?

Missouri Compromise preserved the balance between slave and free states

What did the Wilmot Proviso do?

Ban slavery in any lands the United States might acquire from Mexico.