| Term | Definition |
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| the balance of power in the Senate was once again threatened | What happened when California requested admission to the Union as a free state in 1850? *** |
| Southern states might want to remove themselves | What was the fear of the people in the South? *** |
| remove | What does the word secede mean? *** |
| "The Great Compromiser" | What was Senator Henry Clay's nickname? |
| Clay wanted the North and South to agree, and Calhoun wanted slavery in western territories | What were Senators Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun's position on the issue of slavery? *** |
| runaway | What is a fugitive? *** |
| He supported Clay and feared there would be a civil war | What position did Daniel Webster hold? What did Webster fear? *** |
| a war between people of the same country | What is a Civil War? *** |
| "The South. The poor South!" | What were John C. Calhoun's dying words? *** |
| 5. the 1st it allowed California to enter as a free state. 2nd it divided the rest of the Mexican Cession into the the territories of New Mexico and Utah. 3rd, it ended the slave trade in Washington, D.C. 4th, in included a strict fugitive slave law. 5th it settled a border dispute between Texas and New Mexico | How many parts did the Compromise of 1850 have? Name each of them. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | This act of 1850 required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. People who let fugitives escape could be fined $1000 and jailed. *** |
| made them feel as if they were part of the slave system | What was the reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act in the North? *** |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | What was a popular bestseller in 1852? *** |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
| to show the evils of slavery and the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Act | What was the purpose of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
| Characters in the book of Uncle Tom | Who are Uncle Tom and Simon Legree? |
| It was popular in the North, but southerners objected to the book. | What was the reaction to Uncle Tom's Cabin in the North and South? *** |
| More Northerners now saw slavery as a moral problem facing america. it became one of the most important books in american history | What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the North and South? *** |
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