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CHAPTER 18: RENEWING THE SECTIONAL STRUGGLE
Pages 390-404
The Popular Sovereignty Panacea
Know: Mexican Cession, Fire-eaters
1.
What were the advantages and disadvantages of popular sovereignty?
2.
Why were the national political parties so important to national unity?
Political Triumphs for General Taylor
3.
Why was the Free-Soil party formed? Was it important? Explain.
4.
Who won the election of 1848? Why?
"Californy Gold"
5.
What was the impact of the discovery of gold on California (and the country as a whole)?
Sectional Balance and the Underground Railroad
Know: Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman
6.
"The South was in a politically weak position in the 1850's." Assess this statement.
Twilight of the Senatorial Giants
Know: Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster
7.
Assess the roles of Clay, Calhoun and Webster on the sectional problems of the 1840s and 50s.
Deadlock and Danger on Capitol Hill
Know: William H. Seward, Higher Law
8.
How did William Seward contribute to the tension between North and South in 1850?
Breaking the Congressional Logjam
Know: Compromise of 1850
9.
What factors led to the acceptance of the Compromise of 1850?
10.
Explain the major components of the Compromise of 1850.
11.
Explain the importance of Millard Fillmore to the Compromise of 1850.
Balancing the Compromise Scales
12.
Why did the Compromise of 1850 benefit the North more than the South?
13.
How did the Compromise of 1850 actually cause more division between the North and South?
Defeat and Doom for the Whigs
14.
What was important about the election of 1852?
Expansionist Stirrings South of the Border
Know: William Walker, Commodore Matthew C. Perry
15.
Explain the Ostend Manifesto, and what consequences it had.
The Allure of Asia
Know: Treaty of Wanghia, Caleb Cushing, Commodore Perry
16.
What made Asia so attractive to the United States?