The Compromise of 1850
Famous Figures
Protest and Resistance
Kansas/Nebraska
Miscellaneous
100
Define popular sovereignty
What is the right of the residents of a territory to vote for or against slavery.
100
This man first proposed the Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay
100
Many people were surprised by the harsh terms of the new Fugitive Slave Act. What were two Constitutional Rights that were denied alleged fugitive slaves under the terms of the new Fugitive Slave Act?
What is that alleged fugitive slaves were not entitled to a trial by jury. Alleged fugitive slaves could not testify on their own behalf.
100
Why was the territory named "Bleeding Kansas?"
It had become a violent battlefield in it's own civil war.
100
What could happen to Northerners who helped runaway slaves?
They were fined up to $1000, imprisoned for six months, or both.
200
Why did Southern leaders eventually come out in favor of Clay's individual proposals in the Compromise of 1850?
They thought that they were the best the South could secure without radical actions.
200
Who said, in his Seventh of March Speech, "I hear with pain, anguish, and distress, the word secession, especially when it falls from the lips of those who are eminently patriotic......Secession! Peaceable secession! .....there can be no such thing as a peaceable secession!"
Who is Daniel Webster
200
What were the personal liberty laws and who passed them?
What is laws passed by 9 northern states which forbade the imprisonment of runaway slaves and guaranteed that they would have jury trials.
200
This man led the attack that was nicknamed the Pottawatomie Massacre that led to retaliation by the pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
Who is John Brown
200
What was the purpose of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
To illustrate the horrors of slavery and convince Northerners to resist the Fugitive Slave Act.
300
Why did the South assume that California would be admitted to the Union as a slave state?
Because most of California lay south of the Missouri Compromise line of 36 - 30
300
This man was forced from Boston, Mass back into slavery in Virginia due to the new Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which led to many northern Whigs being radicalized into abolitionists.
Who was Anthony Burns
300
What were Northern and Southern reactions to the publishing of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
What is Northerners increased their protests against the Fugitive Slave Act. Southerners criticized the book as an attack on the South as a whole.
300
What was the Kansas - Nebraska Act?
What is a law that was enacted in 1854 that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether or not to allow slavery.
300
This man was in complete favor of the Compromise of 1850 and was elected President in 1852.
Who is Franklin Pierce
400
What was Stephen Douglas's plan to facilitate the adoption of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
He unbundled the package of resolutions and reintroduced them to Congress one at a time hoping to obtain a majority vote to each measure individually. As a result any congressman could vote for the provisions he wanted and vote against or abstain from voting for the provisions he didn't like.
400
This man, who was influential in facilitating the Compromise of 1850 through Congress, was the person most responsible for resurrecting the issue of slavery in the new territories.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas
400
What was the Underground Railroad and how did it work?
What is a secret network of people who aided fugitive slaves in their escape, even at great risk to themselves. Conductors hid fugitive slaves in secret compartments and tunnels, provided them with food and clothing, and escorted or directed them to their next "station" where the next conductor would take over and help them work their way north.
400
What act by the "border ruffians" of Missouri led abolitionists in Kansas to form a rival government in Topeka?
The border ruffians crossed state lines and using weapons as a threat voted illegally for slavery to be allowed. Pro-slavery won the popular sovereignty vote and a government was set up in Lecompton where a series of pro-slavery acts were immediately issued.
400
What was Preston Brook's reaction to Charles Sumner's speech given to the Senate which was later called "The Crime Against Kansas?" What were northern and southern reactions to the incident between Brooks and Sumner?
Brooks beat Sumner over the head with his cane in the Senate chamber. Southerners applauded the incident while Northerners condemned the incident as another example of Southern brutality and antagonism towards free speech.
500
Name 4 of the 5 terms that resulted from the Compromise of 1850.
1. California was admitted as a free state 2. Utah and New Mexico would have popular sovereignty when it came to the slavery issue 3. Texas/New Mexico boundary was resolved; Texas paid $10 million by the federal government. 4. The sale of slaves banned in District of Columbia, but the practice of slavery could continue 5. The Fugitive Slave Act required people in the free states to help capture and return runaway slaves.
500
This man succeeded Taylor as President of the United States and supported the Compromise of 1850.
Who is Millard Fillmore
500
Why did the personal liberty laws that were passed in those 9 states in the north enrage the Southern states according to your book?
Because northern lawyers would often drag the trials out for years to increase the expenses of the slave catchers.
500
Why was Douglas's proposal of popular sovereignty in Nebraska an issue for both Northerners and Southerners?
Nebraska lay north of the Missouri Compromise line where slavery was legally closed. He assumed the territory would be admitted as 2 states, one free and one slave, which would maintain a congressional balance in the Senate, but he needed to support the repeal of the Missouri Compromise which would make slavery legal again north of the line. This created a great storm in Congress.
500
What did the Wilmot Proviso propose, and who proposed it?
It proposed that neither slavery or involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any territory the U.S. might acquire as a result of the war with Mexico. David Wilmot
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