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WorksheetsA Divided Nation (1848 - 1860) Lecture B: North and South
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins
Since the north had a larger population, they had more control in the _________.
White House
Congress
House of Representatives
The Southern leaders wanted to add slave states to the west to ___________.
extend the idea to other areas in the U.S.
balance the power out.
take away from the north
A political battle developed: would the new western territories be slave states or ____ states?
free
republican
democratic
David Wilmot: The Wilmot Proviso... the Pennsylvania congressman who proposed that slavery be _______ in all western territorities
allowed
banned
John C. Calhoun: The Platform of the South: a southerner who led the opposition to the Wilmot Proviso. He wanted slavery in the _________ territories.
eastern
northern
new western
John C. Calhoun said that Congress had no _________ to ban slavery.
votes
constitutional right
money
Stephen A. Douglas: Popular Sovereignity. Douglas was from Illinois and said that the people of each new western territory should decide on the issue of slavery by _______ vote.
majority
minority
Election of 1848: The Democrats ran Lewis Cass from ________ (they favored popular sovereignty).
Ohio
Virginia
Michigan
Pennsylvania
The Whigs ran ________ of Louisiana, who actually owned slaves.
Zachary Taylor
Andrew Garfield
Aaron Burr
Many Whigs were _______ to slavery, but Taylor narrowly defeated Cass.
for
opposed
fans
The election between Taylor and Cass was extremely controversial due to the fact that Taylor _________.
was against slavery
owned slaves
In 1849, ______ and _______ applied to become states and be "free". This upset the South.
California and New Mexico
Ohio and West Virginia
Indiana and Iowa
Georgia and Florida
Calhoun asked the South to __________.
leave the union
join the union
end slavery
Henry Clay "Saves the Union" again.. the Compromise of 1850:
California would become a _____ state.
free
slave
Henry Clay "Saves the Union" again.. the Compromise of 1850:
New Mexico would be a popular _________ state.
subjected
sovereignty
colonial
Henry Clay "Saves the Union" again.. the Compromise of 1850:
____ would be a popular sovereignty state
Ohio
Utah
Florida
Georgie
Henry Clay "Saves the Union" again.. the Compromise of 1850:
The Slave Trade would end in the District of ______, but slavery was still _______.
Columbia; permitted
Columbia; ended
Henry Clay "Saves the Union" again.. the Compromise of 1850:
The Federal Government would provide federal aid in help capturing ________.
criminals
those who helped free slaves
runaway slaves
President Taylor died and was replaced by ________
Thomas Jefferson
Millard Fillmore
Henry Clay
Many southerners were against the Compromise of 1850, because California becoming a Free State would give more power to the ________.
north
politicians
west
Finally, the southern states agreed to The Compromise of 1850, but warned that they would consider the Compromise broken if any of the following 3 things happened: (select all that apply)
If the free states did not enforce the Fugitive Slave Law
If Congress tried to abolish slavery in Washington D.C.
If Congress denied admission to the union a territory voting to have slavery under Popular Sovereignty.
If Spongebob ever left Bikini Bottom
Election of 1852: Democrat Franklin Pierce elected President. His campaign was to ______.
end slavery
extend slavery to the north
save the union
President Franklin Pierce supported the ___________ of 1850
Compromise
Slave Act
