Quizlet Slavery in the Territories

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  1. David Wilmot wanted to ban slavery for territores won by Mexico: What was the Wilmot Proviso?
  2. Showed the slavery had become a national issue: What did the success of the Free-Soil Party indicate?
  3. Slavery to be banned throughout the country. They belived it was wrong: What did abolitionist want regarding slavery? ***
  4. That slavery should be allowed in any territory, and demanded that slaves who escaped to the North be returened to them: What did Southern slaveholders want regarding slavery?
  5. The Missouri Compromise line should be extended across the Mexican Cession Pacific. Any new state north of the line would be a free state. Any new state south of the line could allow slavery: What did moderates want regarding slavery? ***
  6. The right of people to create their government: What is popular sovereignty? ***
  7. The Wilmot Proviso: Why was there a conflict about slavery after the Mexican War?
  8. There was an arguement on wether Missouri should be a slave state or a free state. A few months later Maine applied for statehood. Henry suggested admiting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. His plan was called the Missouri Compromise to keep the number of slave and free states equal. congress drew and imaginary line across the southern border of Missouri. It was banned north of the Missouri Compromise line. Missouri itself was the only exception: Explain the Missouri Compromise? ***
  9. There were 11 free states and 11 slave states and it would unbalance the power: Why did Northerners oppose allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state? ***
  10. To keep slavery out of the western teritories: What was the main goal of the Free-Soil Party?