Question

The _______________________ stated that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territory." (fugitive slave act/wilmot proviso) 2. when people favor the interests of one region over those of the entire country, this is called _______________________. (popular sovereignty/sectionalism) 3. _______________________ is where voters in a new territory decided if they wanted to ban or allow slavery. (popular sovereignty/sectionalism) 4. _______________________ was the author of an antislavery novel called _______________________. (anthony burns/harriet beecher stowe); (compromise of 1850/uncle tom's cabin) 5. _______________________, a virginia fugitive, was arrested in boston and eventually returned to slavery in virginia. (anthony burns/daniel webster) 6. antislavery northerners formed a third party called the _______________________. (free-soil party/wilmot proviso) 7. _______________________ came up with the plan called the _______________________, which allowed california to enter the union as a free state while the question of slavery in utah and new mexico would be decided by popular sovereignty. (anthony burns/henry clay); (compromise of 1850/wilmot proviso) 8. _______________________ of massachusetts supported the compromise of 1850 and criticized northern abolitionists. (daniel webster/harriet beecher stowe) 9. the _______________________ made it a crime to help runaway slaves. (fugitive slave act/wilmot proviso)

Answer 1

1. Wilmot Proviso--a compromise for the new territory won from Mexico that would not allow slavery in the land.

2. Sectionalism--the action of the country becoming regional and only certain regions getting the government's attention.

3. Popular sovereignty--this is the policy of allowing the citizens of a territory vote on the issue of slavery.

4. Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom's Cabin--this book awoke the US to the horrors of slavery and strengthened the abolitionist movement.

5. Anthony Burns--a slave transported back to slavery on the basis of the Fugitive Slave Act.

6. Free-soil Party--This party believed in the end to extension of slavery into new territories. This is the party of Lincoln. 

7. Henry Clay: Compromise of 1850--This compromise dealt with the admission of California and the issue of slavery in the new territory from Mexico. 

8. Daniel Webster--criticism of abolitionists due to the extreme nature of just ending slavery whereas most wanted to end the extension or use gradual abolition as a method. 

9. Fugitive Slave Act--this act required the return of all runaway slaves regardless of where they end up in the country.