Southerners blamed the North for attempting to limit where slavery could flourish. Abolitionists encouraged resistance to the law; some even advocated for violence. Some states that were required to provide the funds to pay slave catchers refused to do so. White Southerners were satisfied with northern support for the law. CONCEPT The Compromise of 1850 6 Choose the combination of words that correctly completes this sentence: "In 1856, the caning of ________ in the Senate chamber, in response to his antislavery speech, deepened sectional divisions that, two years earlier, led to the creation of a new political coalition called the ________." Stephen A. Douglas; Democratic Party Preston Brooks; Free-Soil Party Charles Sumner; Republican Party James Buchanan; Whig Party CONCEPT A House Divided: Crises of the 1850s 7
Any southern state that ratified the 14th Amendment could be readmitted to the Union. The granting of civil rights to freed slaves was considered an important part of rebuilding the South. The Freedman's Bureau was established to assist former slaves in their transition to freedom.
Jefferson often used the term "empire of liberty" when referring to the process of western expansion. Choose the statement that best describes the application of this term. Territories will be admitted to the union as equal states rather than being ruled over as a colonial power.
Railroads were welcomed as a sign of technological progress and faster transport times.
The domestic slave trade was facilitated by the spread of cotton production.
Territories will be admitted to the union as equal states rather than being ruled over as a colonial power.