Across
- 2. House of Representatives member who tried to pass a bill to ban slavery in all of the Mexican Cession
- 3. enslaved people who have run away
- 4. to withdraw
- 6. Democratic candidate in the election of 1848 that favored popular sovereignty as a solution to the issue of slavery
- 8. because president Taylor had no stated position on slavery, there was a serious conflict when this state tried to join the Union in 1850
- 9. Kentucky Senator known for negotiating the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
- 10. Massachusetts Senator who was in favor of the Compromise of 1850 and argued against sectionalism
Down
- 1. this event caused California's population to greatly increase and put them in a position to apply for statehood soon after the Mexican American War
- 3. third party that had Martin Van Buren as its candidate in the Election of 1848
- 5. South Carolina Senator who opposed the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
- 7. Whig candidate and winner of the Election of 1848