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
free
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
millard fillmore
approved
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zachary taylor died in the summer of 1850 and _________ _________ became president; the compromise was _____________
franklin pierce
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 ________ __________