A key figure in the passage of the Compromise of 1850, known for his role as a 'Great Compromiser'.

A prominent senator who supported the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to preserve the Union.

A senator who played a crucial role in the passage of the Compromise of 1850.

He was a key figure in the passage of the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and the Compromise of 1850. He was known as 'The Great Compromiser'.

He was a senator who supported the Compromise of 1850 in an effort to preserve the Union. He was a strong advocate for national unity.

He was a senator who played a crucial role in the passage of the Compromise of 1850. He advocated for popular sovereignty as a solution to the slavery question.

Vast territory acquired by the U.S. after the Mexican-American War, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of other states.

The rapid influx of settlers into California starting in 1849, triggered by the discovery of gold, leading to rapid population growth and pressure for statehood.

The principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, who are the source of all political power.

A law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 that made the federal government responsible for recovering runaway slaves in the North and imposed harsh penalties on those who aided them.

A package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 that defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War.

A state in the United States where slavery was illegal.

A state in the United States where slavery was legal.

Loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole.

The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War in 1848, in which Mexico ceded a large amount of territory to the United States.

The political position advocating for more power to be reserved to the individual states than held by the federal government.

Cause: The Mexican-American War. Effects: Acquisition of vast territory, intensified debate over slavery, led to the Compromise of 1850.

Cause: Discovery of gold in California. Effects: Rapid population growth, pressure for statehood, upset the balance between free and slave states.

Cause: Part of the Compromise of 1850, designed to appease the South. Effects: Increased tensions in the North, forced Northerners to participate in capturing slaves, radicalized abolitionist sentiment.

Cause: Desire to maintain the Union and address the slavery question in newly acquired territories. Effects: Temporary easing of tensions, but ultimately failed to resolve the issue, exacerbated sectional divisions, contributed to the Civil War.

Cause: Attempt to allow residents to decide on slavery. Effects: Proved ineffective, led to conflict and further division.

Cause: Rapid population growth due to the Gold Rush. Effects: Upset the balance between free and slave states in the Senate, angered the South.

Cause: Desire to appease abolitionist sentiment. Effects: Symbolic victory, but did not end slavery in the capital.