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How did US territory change after the Mexican War ended and how did this change renew the debate over slavery?
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The new territories included California, which extended so far North and South of the Missouri line that both sides claimed it.
A deal had to be put together, and California was admitted to the Union as free soil, in exchange for a couple of new slave-states and a promise to enforce the Fugitive Slave Law more rigorously.
As the Abolitionist lobby was gaining more influence in Congress, this raised the temperature of the debate, especially after the publication of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' soon afterwards.
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What were the central aspects of sectionalism and the slavery debate from the Mexican war to the US Civil War?
The Mexican-War reignited the slavery question, as many of the acquired lands from Mexico became pro-slavery states territories. For example, Texas and New Mexico became pro-slavery while California and Utah didn't. Ultimately, this led to the American Civil War.
The two participants in the great debate over slavery prior to the election of 1858?
Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were the two participants in the great debate over slavery prior to the election of 1858.
What did the compromise of 1850 propose?
the admission of California as a free state
What events made slavery an issue of public debate?
One reason that slavery became a public debate was Uncle Tom's Cabin, this novel exposed many Northerners to slavery for the first time ever. Also the invention of the cotton gin greatly increased the need for slave labor, so their was a boom in slavery in the South.
Site of the last major southern debate over slavery and emancipation?
Virginia legislature
How did the US territory change after the Mexican-American War ended and how did this change renew the debate over slavery?
What kind of territories to create in the new lands. Should the status be created by Congress or should Popular Soverignty be permitted. How many states should be created and how to draw their borders.
What did the debate over slavery in the Mexican cession do?
threatened to split national politics along the North-South lines.
What did the Mexican Cession Bleeding Kansas and John Brown's Raid have in common?
All provoked increased debate over slavery
How did the southern lawmakers feel about slavery in the sectionalist debate of the 1850?
The southern lawmakers felt that slavery was a profitable business and did not want it to end and did not want to lose slave territory.
In the1840's what politicized the debate over slavery in the nation as never before Was it the expansion of slavery into the Mexico territory or The Fugitive Slave Act Uncle Tom's Cabin or John Brown?
Expansion of slavery into acquired territories, such as Texas.
What were the central aspects of sectionalism and the slavery debate from the Mexican war to the US Civil War?
The Mexican-War reignited the slavery question, as many of the acquired lands from Mexico became pro-slavery states territories. For example, Texas and New Mexico became pro-slavery while California and Utah didn't. Ultimately, this led to the American Civil War.
Who did Lincoln debate slavery?
Stephen A. Douglas
What was the focus of the national debate on slavery in the US in the mid 1800's?
For the most part, the national debate on slavery was not whether to abolish it. Most Americans, especially in the North, did not want slavery to spread to the western frontiers.
The main topic of the linclon and Douglas debate was?
Slavery
Who began the debate to stop slavery?
William Wilberforce
How the Webster-Hayne debate about a larger issue than land policy?
It was also a debate about the issue of slavery.
What were the main constitutional arguements during the debate over slavery?
The main constitutional arguements during the debate over slavery were representation in Congress, importation of slaves, and the Bill of Rights.
