Chapter 15 Section 1 and 2

Pick the term: formally withdraw—from the Union.

• sectionalism

•  secede

• popular sovereignty

• abolition

If you support "abolition" you want...

• to get rid of slavery

• to continue to support of Slavery

Pick the term... the idea that political power belongs to the people

• sectionalism

• secede

• popular sovereignty

• abolition

Pick the term... favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of the entire country

• sectionalism

• secede

• popular sovereignty

• abolition

a document stating that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territory.

• The Gettysburg Address

• The Dead Sea Scrolls

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Wilmot Proviso

A gold rush caused a massive increase in the population of ______________.

• Utah

• California

• Texas

• Nevada

What document was used to determine the slave status of California, Utah, and New New Mexico?

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Who wrote the Compromise of 1850?

• Stephen Douglas

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Henry Clay

As a result of The Compromise of 1850, California was declared...

• A free State

• Popular Sovereignty State

• Slave State

As a result of The Compromise of 1850, New Mexico was declared...

• A free State

• Popular Sovereignty State

• Slave State