Chapter 15 Section 1

Most canals and railroads ran east and west, helping the _________ and _________ states develop strong ties.

• Eastern and Northern
• Midwestern and Southern
• Midwestern and Northern
• Southern and Northern

Most Southern whites were

• wealthy and owned many slaves
• poor and owned no slaves

Abolitionists believed that

• slavery was a right of every white man
• slavery should be limited to the South
• Slavery should be done away with completely
• slavery was no ones business in the North

Despite opposing slavery most Northerners were

• abolitionist
• racist
• slave holders
• open to living with free blacks

Slaveholders defended slavery by saying

• whites were superior to blacks
• it brought Christianity to slaves
• it provided food and shelter to slaves
• all of the above

The Wilmot Proviso

• tried to outlaw slavery in new territory
• tried to spread slavery to new territory
• passed and became a law
• helped to unite the United states

The goal of the Free-Soil Party was to 

• stop the expansion of slavery
• expand slavery
• free current slaves

The admission of California as a "free" state

• destroyed the balance of power 
• angered the South
• please President Taylor
• all of the above

The Compromise of 1850 

• allowed California to be admitted as a slave state
• allowed California to be admitted as a free state

The Compromise of 1850

• allowed for a stronger runway slave law
• passed laws outlawing slavery in the new territory