US History Crossword Puzzle
1. 9 letters; areas of Mississippi and Alabama characterized by black soil and excellent cotton-growing conditions
2. 13 letters; cotton-producing region of the southern United States
How did the Free-Soil Party propose to handle of the question of slavery in territories?
In 1848, Whig General Zachary Taylor, a potential Southern ally, was elected president. Sectional passions were aroused, however, when a gold rush prompted the new territory of California to apply for early admission as a free state in 1849. If accepted, this would upset the delicate North-South sectional balance, then existing of 15 states each. Southerners were concerned about what they called the fugitive slave problem (facilitated by people like Harriet B. Stowe and the "Underground Railroad" to Canada). Does this worry appear to have been a practical one or more a matter of the principle of protecting property rights and Why?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Soil_Party
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