abeka history 11 section 15.2

popular sovereignty

individuals decide slavery or freedom for themselves; proposed by lewis cass

lewis cass

proposed popular sovereignty

wilmot proviso

attempted to force the mexican cession to ban slavery; was not approved

david wilmot

who proposed the wilmot proviso

zachary taylor

ran for the whig party in the election of 1848

martin van buren

ran for the free-soil party in the election of 1848

lewis cass

ran for the democrats in the election of 1848

zachary taylor

who won the election of 1848?

free-soil party

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martin van buren ran for the ______-______ _________ in the election of 1848

california

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___________’s admission as a slave state or free state became a great debate

henry clay

proposed the compromise of 1850

1. free

2. popular sovereignty

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the compromise of 1850 admitted california as a ______ state and allowed utah and new mexico to use ________ _____________

• texas

• mexico

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the compromise of 1850 fixed the border between ______ and ________

columbia

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with the compromise of 1850, slave trade was prohibited in the district of ______________

fugitive

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the compromise of 1850 had a new _________ slave law

1. millard fillmore

2. approved

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zachary taylor died in the summer of 1850 and _________ _________ became president; the compromise was _____________

1. franklin pierce

2. winfield scott

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election of 1852:

__________ ________ (democrat) vs. ___________ ________ (whig)

franklin pierce

who won the election of 1852?

william l. marcy

negotiated for cuba; the ostend manifesto

ostend manifesto

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william l. marcy oversaw the ________ __________