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
