Missouri Compromise Notes PDF

Section 1: Slavery and the West Notes MISSOURI COMPROMISE Sectionalism of the country An exaggerated loyalty to a particular __________________________ region Henry...

Section 1: Slavery and the West Notes MISSOURI COMPROMISE Sectionalism of the country An exaggerated loyalty to a particular __________________________ region Henry Clay Missouri Compromise Speaker of the House from Kentucky; skillfully maneuvered the _________________________ to passage by dividing it into three proposals Missouri Compromise Allowed _______________________to Missouri join the Union as a slave state in return, Maine _______________ joined as a free state in order to preserve the balance of power in Congress; prohibited slavery north of ________________________ N latitude 36 30N Sometimescalledthe compromiseof 1820 keeps Congressbalanced senators balanced 36030Nline NEW WESTERN LANDS Wilmot Proviso DavidWilmot Proposed by ____________________________and specified that _____________________ slavery Mexico should be prohibited in any lands that might be acquired from ________________________ John C. Calhoun South Carolina Senator from____________________________________ who opposed the Wilmot Proviso from a government had the authority to ban __________________________ slavery territory did nithave offulate any way Section 1: Slavery and the West Notes ELECTION OF 1848 Free soil Party New Political Party = ________________________________ Democrats Antislavery _____________________and __________________ who left their parties whigs Wilmot Supported the _________________ Proviso, Martin Van Buren Nominated ______________________________________________ Zachary Taylor: ____________________________ candidate for presidency: Won the18,48 1948 Election Whig slave free appealed to both ______________ and ________________ states NEW TERRITORIES and the COMPROMISE OF 1850 California and New Mexico were controlled by the US after the Mexican Cession ISSUES How will slavery be determined Missouri Compromise Popular Sovereignty _____________________ or __________________________________ voting Fugitive Slaves Runaway, usually referring to slaves stricter South wanted ____________________ laws on fugitives Unbalanced government free North If Western land joined as____________ states, _______________ would have all the power secede South countered with the threat to __________________________ Section 1: Slavery and the West Notes COMPROMISE OF 1850 Could not use the Missouri Compromise because California would be split by the line. Agreements: 1. ___________________________ California would be admitted as a free state N 2. New Mexico Territory would have no ________________________ restrictions on slavery 5 3. New Mexico-Texas border dispute would be settled in favor of New Mexico Nobody'sfavor abolished 4. The slave trade would be _____________________in DC the ________________________ Washington N 5. Stronger ___________________________________ laws would be adopted fugitive slave S Millard Fillmore Zachary Taylor’s ________________________________ who took office upon Taylor’s vice president death; supported parts of the compromise Stephen A. Douglas secession - took charge of efforts to resolve the ________________________ crisis; divided Clay’s plan into a series of measures that _________________ could vote on separately Congress Abstain several Whig President Fillmore persuaded ___________________________ representatives to not cast votes on measures they opposed