Chapter 12 section 2
Slavery and the West
Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave holding state
Maine was admitted as a free state
The Virginia and Kentucky resolution of 1798-1799 declared that the federalist’s alien and sedition acts were unconstitutional
The nullification issue was raised against in the 1820’s and 1830’s by southerners over the issue of protective tariffs
In 1832 what state voted for an Ordinance of Nullification withdrawn? South Carolina
In 1833 compromise, the tariff was___ and the Ordinance of Nullification withdrawn Lowered
____, where slavery existed, became a state in 1845. Texas
The_________ specified that slavery should be prohibited in any lands acquired by Mexico The Wilmot Proviso.
________ believed that the government could not ban or regulate slavery Senator John C. Calhoun
The_________ was born out of the failure of the Democratic and Whig 1848 presidential candidates to take a stand on slavery Free-Soil party
_________ would be admitted as a free state. California
The New Mexico territory would have no restrictions on ______ Slavery
The New Mexico-Texas border dispute would be settled in favor of___________
The slave trade, but not slavery itself, would be abolished in the___ District of Columbia
A stronger_______ slave law would be enacted Fugitive
Armed Missourians who entered Kansas to vote in favor of slavery. Border Ruffians