The _______________________ stated that "neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territo
ry." (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)
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.
because back then they saw them not as people who lived there but as lower then them because of their race and the white settlers just wanted their land.
