Chapter 18
In response to the Compromise of 1850, why did many Northern States passed "personal liberty laws".
It denied local jails to federal officials and otherwise hampered enforcement.
What was the result of Daniel Webster's famous Seventh of March Speech?
It helped turn the tide in the North toward compromise.
How would the principle of "popular sovereignty" determined the question of slavery in the territories?
It made it so that the people of the territory could determine for themselves wheter or not to permit slavery.
The Ostend Manifesto
It urged that the administration offer $120 million for cuba. If spain refused, and if its continued ownership endangered American interests, the United States would be justified in wresting the island from the spanish.
What was John C. Calhoun's plan to protect the South and Slavery?
Leave slavery alone, return runaway slaves, give the south its rights as a minority, and restore the political balance.
Who was the man who opened Japan to the U.S.?
Matthew Perry.
For a brief time, which country was controlled by America?
Nicaragua.
What were to provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law?
Northerners who helped them excape were subject to heavy fines and jail sentances. They could not testify for themselves.
According to Stephen Douglas, how should the question of slavery in Kansas - Nebraska be decided?
Popular sovereignty.
How did Harriet Tubman gain fame?
She helped run the underground railroad.
Which country was the prime objective of Manifest Destiny in the 1850s?
Sugar - rich Cuba.
If the Douglas approach implimented, what law would need to be repealed?
The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
What was the most brazen scheme for territorial expansion in the 1850s?
The Ostend Manifesto.
What was the most alarming aspect of the Compromise of 1850 to the Northerners?
The bloodhound bill. The slaves could not testify in their own behalf, and were denied a jury trial.
Most frequently, how were slaves in the 1820s gaining their freedom?
Through self - purchase or voluntary emancipation.
Why did a Southern route for the transcontinental railroad seem best?
Whichever section had the transcontinental railroad would get rich rewards in wealth, population, and influence.
Who argued in the debate of 1850 that there was a "higher las" than the constitution that compelled him to exclude slavery in the territories?
William H. Seward.
what element of population did the California Gold Rush bring to California?
A population of unruly and unnlawful people.
What were the provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
Allowed California to enter as a free state. The territories of New Mexico and Utah were open to populalr sovereignty, but would most likely be free. The slave trade waas halted in Washington D.C. The concessionsn for the south include $10 million paid to Texas for disputed land claims and passing of a new Fugitive Slave law.
What did the public like about popular sovereignty?
Because it accorded with the democratic tradition of self-determination.
Why was the election of 1852 significant in reference to the Whig party?
Because they split in the election, and it became the death of the Whig Party.
How did Zachary Taylor unknowingly help the cause of compromise in 1850?
By dying suddenly.
What was the position of "Free Soiler," and why did they condemn slavery?
For destroying the chances of free white workers to rise up from wage - earning dependance
What was one of Douglas's mistakes in proposing the Kansas - Nebraska Act?
He failed to realize that many people in the North fealth deeply on the moral issue of slavery.
What was the tactical blunder made by the south in the Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Laws.
What was the economic situation in the South by 1850?
They were relatively well - off. The cotton fields were expanding, and cotton prices were profitably high.
What was the stand on slavery of the Democratic and Whig parties in the 1848 election?
They attempted to just ignore the issue.
What did leaders see as the way to keep the new Pacfic Coast territories from breaking away for the U.S.?
They needed to have feasible land transportation.
