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Was there slavery in the territories of the Mexican cession?
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
What was northern white abolitionist's view on slavery?
Generally speaking, Northerners and Northern politicians believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand to new territories or new states. Part of their argument was negated in 1857 by a ruling by the US Supreme Court which said slavery was constitutional.
How does The Missouri Compromise change the issue of slavery expansion in the US?
It prohibited slavery North of a certain parallel, but only in the territories brought in under the Louisiana Purchase. When the new Mexican territories came in, they needed a new compromise. That one did not hold.
What about slavery below south of the line in Missouri compromise?
South ofthat line, slavery was allowed. But it only applied to the territories acquired from France in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the USA acquired vast new lands from Mexico in 1847, a new compromise had to be worked out, in view of the Wilmot Proviso, which declared that no slavery should be allowed in any of these new territories.
What act led to popular sovereignty to decide the issue of slavery in the new territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act.
Was there slavery in the territories of the Mexican cession?
No - there was no slavery in the new territories - California or New Mexico or Utah. Texas was a slave state already.
What was the controversy over the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It said were slavery was allowed in territories.
Was slavery prohibited in territories of the US?
Slavery was abolished in the United States territories in June 1862. Any new territory was not to have possession of any slaves after this date.
How popular sovereignty was related to slavery?
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
Which group addressed the issue of slavery in the election of 1848 by opposing slavery in new territories?
The Whig Party
The Confederacy wanted to abolish slavery?
The Confederacy did not want to abolish slavery. In fact, they wanted to expand slavery into the new territories of the US.
What was the main topic of the Lincoln Douglas debate's?
Slavery
In the 1848 election what position did Zachary Taylor take regarding slavery in the new territories?
Even though Zachary Taylor was a slave owner himself, he did not push up the expansion of slavery in the new territories.
What was northern white abolitionist's view on slavery?
Generally speaking, Northerners and Northern politicians believed that slavery should not be allowed to expand to new territories or new states. Part of their argument was negated in 1857 by a ruling by the US Supreme Court which said slavery was constitutional.
Which territories were open to slavery under the Compromise of 1850?
New Mexico and Utah
Was the goal of the new federalist party to stop the spread of slavery into the western territories?
no
How were the new US territories related to slavery?
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