Ch 14 A Union in Danger

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• An extension of the Missouri Compromise

• Voters decide if a territory should be free or slave

• A policy of the Democratic Party

• A policy of the Republican Party

What is the result of the Mexican American War?

• The US acquired a great deal of land in the West

• Slavery a central political issue in the nation

• The Great Silence was continued

• America was no able to focus its attention on Oregon

All Americans abided by the Great Silence prior to 1848.

• True

• False

What is the Wilmot Proviso?

• An anti-slave policy banning slavery from new lands

• A pro-slavery policy meant to end the Missouri Compromise

• An effort to maintain the free/slave state balance

• A constitutional based argument against slavery

The Wilmot Proviso

• Fails in the House

• Fails in the Senate

• Becomes law

When the Polk Administration end, what problem did they leave?

• The border with Texas and Mexico was not clear.

• Polk did not sign the Popular Sovereignty law

• No civil government was established in California or New Mexico

• They did not solve the free v. slave problem

The Whig Party nominates

• Zachary Harrison

• Henry Clay

• Zachary Taylor

• Millard Filmore

Efforts to keep slavery out of the campaign of 1848 led to

• The Nashville Convention

• The Compromise of 1850

• Impeachment of President Polk

• The formation of the Free Soil Party

The Free Soil Party Causes

• A Democratic Party loss in the Electoral College

• A Whig Party loss in the Electoral College

• The Election of 1848 to go to the House of Representatives

• Riots in several towns in the South

Which of the following best explains the views of Free Soilers?

• They envisioned a West that was only white

• They saw an opportunity to end slavery

• They saw an opportunity for equality in the west

• They were inspired by Uncle Tom's Cabin