Missouri Compromise
This state was added to the Union as a free state
What is Maine
The Compromise of 1850 divided up land acquired from this
What is the Mexican American War
Both Kansas and Nebraska were originally supposed to be this kind of state before the Kansas Nebraska Act passed
What is free states
Many people flocked to California because of this
What is the California Gold Rush
The name of the violent conflict over slavery that took place in Kansas
What is Bleeding Kansas
What is Missouri
This state was automatically admitted to the Union as a free state
What is California
This term described the way in which both Kansas and Nebraska would become either a free state or slave state
What is popular sovereignty
The Wilmot Proviso stated this
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the territory
Out of 343 fugitive slave cases in the 10 years after Congress strengthened the Fugitive Slave Act, how many accused fugitives were declared free?
What is 11
The Missouri Compromise divided up land acquired from this
The Louisiana Purchase
New territories would use this method to decide if they would become free states or slave states
What is popular sovereignty
The Kansas Nebraska Act overruled this law
What is the Missouri Compromise
This anti-slavery novel informed many people about the cruelties of slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
Senator John C Calhoun said southern states should be allowed to do this if California was added as a free state
This senator wrote the Missouri Compromise in order to "protect the peace" between the North and South
Who is Henry Clay
The Compromise of 1850 strengthened this already existing law
What is the Fugitive Slave Act
This term is used to describe the settlers who moved to new territories and voted on the issue of slavery
Squatters/ Squatter Sovereignty
Senator William Seward disagreed with the Compromise of 1850 for this reason
Because he wanted California admitted as a free state without any compromises.
This line divided newly acquired land into free states and slaves states
36 30 line
The Compromise of 1850 banned this from taking place in Washington DC
What is the slave trade
This new political party was created in the 1850's as a response to the Kansas Nebraska Act
What is the Republican Party
People caught helping an escaped slave were punished with this jail sentence and fine
This senator from Massachusetts was beat with a cane by a senator from South Carolina