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.
