APUSH CH 18 True/False

In the key provisions of the Compromise of 1850, New Mexico and Utah were admitted as slaves states, while California was left open to popular sovereignty

false. California was admitted as a free state. New Mexico and Utah were territories left open to popular sovereignty concerning slavery

in the Senate debate of 1850, Calhoun spoke for compromise, while Clay and Webster each defended his own section's interests

false. clay and webster defended sectional compromise; Calhoun defended sectional (southern) interests

The Gadsden Purchase resulted in a general national agreement to build the transcontinental railroad along the southern route

false. it sharpened the debate over whether to build the railroad across the northern or southern route.

the Free Soil party consisted of a small, unified band of radical abolitionists

false. the Free Soil party consisted of diverse interests that were united only by their opposition to slavery expansion

The greatest political winner in the Compromise of 1850 was the South

false. the North was the greatest winner

the California god rush of 1949 diverted the nation's attention from slavery

false. the gold rush forces new attention to the question of slavery in the territory acquired from mexico

both southerners and northerners alike refused to accept Douglas's plan to repeal the Missouri Compromise

false. the southerners voted in favor of the plan and pushed it thru congress

Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern route

true

Southerners demanded a more effective fugitive slave law to stop the "underground railroad" from running escaped slaves to Canada

true

The Kansas-Nebraska Act wrecked the Compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the Democratic Party

true

The Pierce administration's expansionist efforts in Central American, Cuba and the Gadsden Purchase were basically designed to serve southern proslavery interest

true

The Republican Party was initially organized as a northern protest against Douglas's Kansas Nebraska Act

true

The Whig Party disappeared because its northern and southern wings were too deeply split over the Fugitive Slave Law and other sectional issues

true

democratic politicians and others attempted to avoid the issue of slavery in the territories by saying it should be left to "popular sovereignty"

true

the provisions of the Compromise of 1850 that aroused the fiercest northern opposition was the Fugitive Slave Law

true