Settlement of the western territories cause recurring political problems between 1820 and the outbreak of the civil war in 1860. this problem will test your understanding of territorial expansion and the contested politics of expansion in the antebellum american.

the terms on the following map indicate three regional variations on the issue of slavery that i significant in american history. and the two regions, the issue of slavery has been decided; in the third, it was indeed terminate. in the maps legend, indicate which areas were slave states, free states, or wrote it by popular sovereignty .

a:
• popular sovereignty
• slave
• free

b:
• free
• popular sovereignty
• slave

c:
•slave
•popular sovereignty
•free

answer the following questions according to responses to the map.

the midwestern states-ohio, indiana, illinois, michigan, wisconsin, and a minnesota territory- entered the united states is free states by virtue of what law?
•the compromise of 1850
•the northwest ordinance of 1787
•the missouri compromise of 1820

what were the major elements of the compromise of 1850?
•california a free state; a stronger personal liberty at; slavery allowed in new mexico and utah territories
•abolition of the slave trade in district columbia; california a slave state; new mexico and utah entering the union under popular sovereignty
•california a free state; the fugitive slave act; new mexico and utah territories entering the union under popular sovereignty

advocates of popular sovereignty supported what?
•the right of territories to decide the issue of slavery democratically
•the expansion of slavery into the territories
•the prohibition of slavery in the territories