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Nation
Wilmot Proviso
Free-Soil Party
popular sovereignty
secede
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
personal liberty laws
Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
This image shows the northern city of New York in 1855. Infer What might
everyday life have been like in New York during this time?
Former President Martin Van Buren was the Free-Soil candidate for the presidency
in 1848. Interpret What do the images on this poster tell you about the party?
Analyze Maps What does this map reveal about sectional political affiliations in the
late 1840s?
This image shows a San Francisco street in 1849. California boomed as miners
flocked there from all over the world after the discovery of gold in 1849.
Analyze Maps Based on the information in this map, would the expansion of the
United States westward in the 1850s benefit free or slave state interests?
Analyze Information How were the votes on two of the Compromise's measures
divided? How would you describe the impact of the Fugitive Slave Act?
Published in 1851, this cartoon satirizes the results of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Analyze Political Cartoons Why does one abolitionist suggest that this is all your
fault, Webster?
Analyze Maps Which sections of the Underground Railroad were likely the riskiest
for fugitives to pass through?