Renewing the Sectional Struggle
Notes Chapter 18
How did the political parties address the issue of slavery in the territories?
Democrats:
Lewis Cass
Popular sovereignty:
Whigs:
Zachary Taylor
Free Soilers:
Martin Van Buren
What was the status of the South politically by 1850? What were their concerns and grievances?
How did the discovery of gold in California inflame the slavery issue?
Admission of California to the union:
What did Clay and Douglas urge on the matter of
admission of California?
What was Calhoun’s position?
Webster?
Who were the Young Guard from the North, and what was their position?
Who facilitated the passage of the Compromise of
1850 in the Senate and why?
What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
Who got the better deal in the compromise?
What was the response to the Fugitive Slave Law? Why was it viewed as a southern blunder?
How did the Compromise of 1850 win the Civil War for the Union?
The election of 1852 –
Franklin Pierce –
Winfield Scott –
The end of the Whigs –
Describe how the Pierce administration engaged in various pro-southern overseas and expansionist ventures:
Why?
Nicaragua
Clayton – Bulwer Treaty:
Cuba
“filibustering” expeditions
Ostend Manifesto
Now that we have acquired California – how do we get there?
Transcontinental Railroad
Which route?
Gadsden Purchase – 1853:
Problems with a northern route?
Stephen Douglas
Nebraska Territory
Kansas
Reaction to Douglas’ Kansas – Nebraska
scheme:
Kansas – Nebraska Act:
Consequences: