American Nation
16-1 Section Questions
Name ___________________________
Slavery in the Territories
Setting the Scene (page 460)
1. What was the “wolf” that Jefferson was talking about? What issue was he afraid of?
The Missouri Compromise (Page 460)
2. In 1819, there were _ _ free states and _ _ slaves states in the United States. Why was it
important for them to be equal?
3. What issue threatened the balance of free and slave states in 1819?
4. Who came up with a compromise to solve the issue?
5. The Missouri Compromise had two parts:
A.
B.
Slavery in the West (page 461)
6. _____________________________ was the only area that the Missouri Compromise
applied to. What happened in 1848 to bring up the issue of slavery in the territories again?
7. What did northerners fear?
8. ________________________________ of Pennsylvania proposed to ________________
_____________________________________________.
9. How did southern leaders respond to the proposal? Why?
10. What happened to the proposal? (Did it get passed by Congress?)
Opposing Views (page 461)
11. In the chart below, fill in each group’s position in slavery.
Abolitionists
Moderates
Slaveholders
A.
B.
The Free Soil Party (page 462)
12. Why did some members of the northern Democrats and Whigs create a new political party?
13. The new political party, created in 1848 was called _____________________________.
Their main goal was _______________________________________________________.
14. The election of 1848 included Martin Van Buren as a Free Soil candidate. This election was
the first time that _______________________________________________________.
15. Although Zachary Taylor, a Whig, won the election, what did the strong showing by the Free
Soilers show?