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Which part of the U.S. wanted slavery and which one did not?
The South wanted slavery and the North did not.
What was the first ever territory to qualify for statehood?
Louisiana
Did the Republican Party want the North and South to separate or to stay unified?
Stay unified.
What is industrialization? And who wanted more of that in the U.S.?
The widespread use of machines. The Republican Party
What new political party was emerged that wanted to ban slavery?
The Republican Party
What became a major issue because the North and South had very different economies and ways of life?
Sectionalism
What was recommended by Calhoun if the northerners could not accept conditions of the Missouri Compromise?
He thought that it would be best if southern states seceded.
What did a territory’s population have to be in order for it to qualify for statehood?
60,000 free inhabitants
What were northerners and westerners called that argued that the western territories should be free of slavery?
Free Soilers
What is the definition of seceded?
To formally withdraw membership.
What was the most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850?
The Fugitive Slave Law
For those living in slavery, what two things did their quality of life depend on?
Who enslaved them and what type of work they were forced to do.
What did the difference in ideas between the southern and northern states increase?
Sectionalism and tensions
After the Mexican-American War, which one of the territories claimed by the U.S. was wanting to enter into the Union as a free state?
California
The devotion to the interests of a region over those of a country.
Sectionalism
In addition to California, the rest of the land gained from Mexico was divided into two territories. What were they?
Mexico and Utah
What was the name of the rebellion that resulted in a rebelling against plantation owners and the burning of plantation houses?
The German Coast Uprising.
What law made it illegal to bring enslaved people into the country from other countries?
Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
What did Southerners fear was going to happen?
They feared that free states would soon outnumber slave states. Especially since Congress wasn’t allowing slavery in the new territories.
The Fugitive Slave Acts were laws that intended to help who?
Slaveholders since they'd be able to recover enslaved persons who had escaped to free states
What compromise was made allowing Missouri to finally be entered as a slave state and what was the name and year of that compromise?
Maine would be added as a free state. The Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Why was the new Fugitive Slave law controversial?
Because this new law stated that if an enslaved person made it to freedom in the North and was caught, they would have to be returned to their owner in the South.
What did the North Carolina Supreme Court rule in the North Carolina v. Mann court case?
Slaveholders had complete authority over their slaves and could not be convicted of crimes against them.
What did the North AND the South agree to that lead to the Compromise of 1850?
The North agreed to California being entered as a free state and the slave trade being banned in Washington D.C., while the South agreed to the new territories of New Mexico and Utah having no restrictions and the people of each territory deciding the issue for themselves.
What two things did the Nullification process focus on?
The debate over tariffs and the power of the federal government.