Section 1
How many states were there in 1819?
22
What was the state other than Missouri added to the union in the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
What state applied to be added to the United States in 1850?
California
What is the following term: to remove
Secede
The Mexican Cession made 2 states; what were they?
Utah and New Mexico
What territory applied for statehood in 1819?
Missouri
What is the following term: someone who wanted to ban all slavery?
Abolitionist
How many states belonged to the union in 1850?
30
What's another name for runaway?
Fugitive
Where did the Southerners think that slavery should exist?
Everywhere
What would happen is Missouri was the only state to enter the union?
The power of the Senate would become unbalanced.
The Missouri Compromise only applied to what land?
The Louisiana Purchase
What event took place that had 5 parts, it what used to settle the issue of California's admission to the United States?
The Compromise of 1850
What is a war that is between a country and itself?
Civil War
What is the following term: the right of people to make their own government?
Popular Soveriegnity
What was the event in which the union agreed to add new states to the country in 1819?
Missouri Compromise
What were the line that separated the North from the south?
36 30'N
What event required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Even after the Compromise of 1850 the states still had a high level of what?
Tension
Where was the slave trade ended in the Compromise of 1850?
Washington D.C.
What candidate for President in 1848 was a Democrat?
Lewis Cass
What candidate for President in 1848 belonged to the Free - Soil party?
Martin Van Buren
Who wrote the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
How did "Uncle Tom's Cabin" affect the Union?
The North favored it, and the South hated it.
What Presidential candidate of 1848 belonged to the Whig party?
Zachary Taylor