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Section 2 Guided Reading and Review
The Compromise of 1850
A. As You Read
As you read Section 2 in your textbook, answer the following questions:
1. Why were southerners against California’s admission to the Union as a free state?
2. Why did congressmen believe that Henry Clay could resolve the debate?
3. What was Calhoun’s position on slavery in the West?
4. Why was Daniel Webster willing to agree to a fugitive slave law?
5. What were the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850?
6. What was the northern reaction to the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act?
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7. What effect did Uncle Tom’s Cabin have on the nation?
B. Reviewing Key Terms
Briefly explain each person’s contribution to the controversy over slavery.
8. Henry Clay
9. John C. Calhoun
10. Daniel Webster
11. Stephen Douglas
12. Harriet Beecher Stowe
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