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| Why was the adimission of Missouri as a slave state a problem? |
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| Because the admission would upset the balance of slave and free states of 11=11 |
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| What was the Missouri Compromise? |
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| It was an agreement that allowed Maine as a free state, and Missouri as a slave state which gave equal members of free vs slave senators in the senate. |
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| What is the definition of sectionalism? |
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| An exaggerated loyalty to a particular region of the country. |
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| Why was the balance of free states and slave states important? |
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Because it would upset the number of senators in congress. Example: 11 free states= 22 antilavery senators 10 slave states= 20 proslavery senators |
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| What was the 36°30'N called and what did it mean? |
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1.) The Mason Dixon Line 2.) Meant that slavery can not exist in new territories above this line. states with slavery in it above this line were ok though. |
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| What is the definition of nullify? |
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| To cancel or to make effective legally |
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| What was the Kentucky Resolution of 1798-1799? |
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| The Kentucky Resolution was the first nullification against the federal governernment agaist the "Alien and Sedition Laws". The nullification proved that the states had a right to nullify a law passed by the government. |
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| Who was involved in the Kentucky Resolutions? |
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| Thomas Jefferson and James Madison |
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| What was the Hartford Convention? |
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| Another nullification action where ideas from New England states where proposed after the war of 1812. |
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What party's power greatly declined in the Hartford Convention? |
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| What is the definition of a protective tariff? |
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| Taxes that are placed on goods that come from other countries. |
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| Why did the South nullify against the protective tariffs? |
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| Because the tariffs only helped the factories in the North, and not the Southern farms. |
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| What did the Ordinance of Nullification prove? |
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| It proved by John C. Calhoun that the states had a right to secede[break away] from the union. |
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| How did Daniel Webster temporarily end the nullification crisis? |
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| by telling the people that the states had the power to interpret the constitution and stated that the seceding of a state would be treason. |
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| He was a democractic runner for president during the time of the admissions of California and Texas to the union. |
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| What was David Wilmot's proposal that wanted to have all of the new territories aquired from Mexico free states called? |
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| What did John C. Calhoun say about the Wilmot Proviso? |
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| He said that no one had the authority to ban slavery or regulate it in anyway. |
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| What was the Free Soil Party? |
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| A party focused on the free idea of men all around the country. Made up of Democrats,Whigs, and members of the Liberty Party. |
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| Why did the Whigs win the 1848 election? |
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| They won because they maintained a neutral position against slavery. [Zachary Taylor became president.] |
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| What is the definition of fugitive? |
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| Who was president during the admission of California to the union? |
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True or false? antislavery forces wanted to abolish slavery in te District of Columbia while the proslavery forces wanted to have a stricter fugitive law. |
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| What is the definition of secede? |
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| It means to leave or break away from. |
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| Why did the Southern states want to secede from the union? |
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Because they felt they would be outnumbered in congress because of the high chance of more free states coming in to the union. |
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| What were the 5 ideas that Senator Henry Clay proposed to Congress? |
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1.)Admit California as a free state 2.)New Mexico Territory would have no restriction on slavery 3.)New Mexixo-Texas border would be favored od New Mexico 4.)The slave trade, but not slavery itself, would be abolished in the nation's capital[district of columbia] 5.)Stronger fugitive law |
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| Why were Henry Clay's plans difficult to get passed? |
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| Because congress couldnt agree on the whole thing; some agreed on parts while others agreed on other parts. |
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| Who was Millard Fillmore? |
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| He was the president that took Zachary Taylor's place because he collapsed. |
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| Who separated Clay's proposal into a series of measures? |
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| Senator Stephen A. Douglas |
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| What is the definition of abstain? |
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| To not take part in an activity such as voting. |
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| What was the Compromise of 1850? |
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| It was a group of laws that were passed containing the 5 main points in Henry Clay's proposal. |
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