How did the Missouri Compromise (the Compromise of 1820) try to solve the issue of slavery in the Louisiana Territory? 2. The controversy over slavery became more intense after the rapid territorial expansion of the nation during President James K. Polk's administration. To deal with this controversy; the Compromise of 1850 was passed. What were the four essential terms of this compromise? 3. The idea of popular sovereignty was important in both the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska-Act o£1854. Explain how this idea led to problems in the Kansas Territory. 4. The stricter fugitive slave law that was passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 was a source of much disagreement between the north and south. What was the purpose of this law and how did northerners try to avoid obeying it? 5. Explain how the abolitionist movement in the north helped to bring about the CiviJ War. Use specific people and events to support your answer. 6. The United States Supreme Court decided the Dred Scon case in 1857. What did the Court decide in that case and how did it intensify (strengthen) sectional differences between the north and the south? 7. In the decades leading up to the Civil War, why was it so important to both the north and the south to maintain an equal number of slave and free states?
What were the major arguments used, pro and con, in the debate over expanding sufferage during the age of jackson? which arguments were most valid?