History Ch. 10

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What were the provisions of the Compromise of 1850.

-California was admitted as a free state -popular sovereignty was applied to the territory apples from Mexico. - Texas relinquished its claims on New Mexico for $10 million from fed gov.

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Why did violence break out in Kansas?

The newly opened land gathered north and south settlers. Both wanted to outnumber the other so when it came to vote, they could control the gov. Border Ruffians raided the antislavery town of Lawrence, Kansas and destroyed the newspaper press. John Brown then executed five proslavery settlers in retaliation.

How did California statehood spark a new crisis over slavery?

They asked to be annexed without slavery. Before this, the North and South had an equal balance of slave and nonslave states. Adding California would tip this balance in favor of free states.

popular sovereignty

a policy suggesting people decide whether slavery be allowed instead of Congress.

What role do the Free Soil Party play in the election of 1848?

backed freedom: free land, work, men, and speech

Fugitive Slave Act

private people help to find/ capture run away slaves and return them to owners.

Wilmot Proviso

the SUGGESTED law that said slavery should not be allowed in the states won by the Mexican War.

How did northerners and southerners view slavery??

Northerners viewed AAs as inferior. Only some had strong opinions about them. Some thought it was morally wrong. Southerners believed that God intended blacks as the laborers of whites.

How did the northerners respond to the Fugitive Slave Act?

It forced them to support slavery. N. states passed personal liberty laws that nullified the fugitive slave act & let the state arrest slave catchers for kidnapping.

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act revive the issue of slavery? I

It overturned the Missouri Compromise. It was to unite the nation, it caused further division and led to the creation of the Republican Party.


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