The Compromise
The main purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
What is to reduce conflict between the Northern and Southern states over slavery and keep the Union together.
Proposed the original plan that became the Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay
The number of separate laws made up the Compromise of 1850
What is five?
Strong loyalty to one region or section of the country rather than the country as a whole.
What is sectionalism?
An agreement in which each side gives up something to reach a solution
What is Compromise?
The year the Compromise of 1850 passed
What is 1850
BONUS!!! x2
The president when the Compromise of 1850 was passed
Who is Millard Fillmore
The result of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
What is the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C., although slavery itself remained legal there.
Opposed the expansion of slavery
What is the North?
An area of land controlled by the United States that had not yet become a state.
What is territory?
Caused the disagreement between the North and South
What is the expansion of slavery into new territories and states.
Wanted to enter the Union as a free state
What was California?
Two territories organized using popular sovereignty
What is Utah and New Mexico?
Supported the expansion or protection of slavery
What is the South?
Temporarily reduced tensions between the North and South.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The state that was admitted to the Union as a free state as part of the Compromise
What is California?
This territory was allowed to decide the slavery question through popular sovereignty
What is Utah and New Mexico Territories?
Controversial law that required citizens and government officials to help capture and return escaped enslaved people
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The idea that people living in a territory should vote to decide whether slavery would be allowed.
What is popular sovereignty?
Temporarily eased tensions but ultimately failed to settle the slavery debate.
What is the Compromise of 1850 affect sectional tensions?
The Compromise of 1850 considered a temporary solution
What is it temporarily reduced tensions, but it did not solve the larger disagreement over slavery.
Senator from Illinois played an important role in supporting the Compromise.
Who is Stephen A. Douglas?
List the 5 major parts of the law
What is
1.California as a free state
2.Utah and New Mexico Territories organized through popular sovereignty
3.Texas Boundary- Texas gave up land to settle debt
4.Slave Trade In Washington D.C- buying and selling of enslaved people prohibited
5.Fugitive Slave Act-Stronger Law to punish those involved in the capture of escaped slaves
Required people in free states to help return escaped enslaved people and increased federal enforcement of slavery.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act anger many Northerners?
The debate over slavery continued, and disagreements over the Fugitive Slave Act and slavery in the territories increased tensions between the North and South.
What is how did the Compromise of 1850 contribute to future conflict?