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| What problem was caused when California asked to enter the Union as a free state? | In Congress, there wold be more free states than slave states.; if that ocurred, the free states might pass a law outlawing slavery. |
| What were the main points of the Compromise of 1850 proposed by Henry Clay? | California would be admitted to the Union as a free state; New Mexico and Utah would be territories; runaway slaves would be returned to their owners; slaves couldn't be bought and sold in the nation's capitol, though slavery would still be legal there. |
| Why did Daniel Webster who was against slavery, agree to the Compromise of 1850? | He knew that the Union would fall apart if the free states didn't agree to it; the slave states in the South might secede from the Union if it wasn't passed. He would do anything to save the Union. |
| Why is making a compromise sometimes the best thing to do? | Because even though no one wins everything that they want, everyone at least gets something. And everyone involved can move on and not get stuck in an arguement. |
| Why did Stephen Douglas introduce the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | To win Southern votes to build a transcontinental railroad across a northern route. |
| What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act say about slavery? | The people in the territories would have the right to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery. |
| What was the end result in Kansas of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | Warfare between proslavery people and anti-slavery people. |
| How did the idea of popular sovereignty turn into a problem that Douglas had not considered? | Pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces rushed to the territories to try to sway the elections to their side. This caused bloodshed and destroyed any hope of compromise. |
| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act undo the Missouri Compromise of 1820? | The Missouri Compromise said that apart from Missouri, the rest of the territory from the Louisiana Purchase north of 36' 30" would be free territory. The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise, allowing residents of the remaining territories to decide whether they wanted slavery. |
