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CW politicians

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Man who finally was able to push the Compromise of 1850 through as separate bills Stephen Douglas
President who approved the Compromise of 1850 Fillmore
Massachusetts senator who spoke out for unity and denied the possibility of secession Daniel Webster
Famous explorer who helped California settlers proclaim their independence in the "Bear Flag Republic John C. Fremont
Ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1852 Winfield Scott
President who signed the Kansas-Nebraska Act Franklin Pierce
Ohio politician who was elected governor as an antislavery candidate, but who waffled about nativism Salmon P. Chase
President who urged the admission of California as a free state and wanted the Mexican Cession territory to be free of slavery Zachary Taylor
Democratic senator who ran for the presidency in 1848 on a platform advocated popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in the Mexican Cession territories Lewis Cass
Ran for the presidency in 1848 as the candidate of the Free Soil Party Martin Van Buren
Mississippi governor who was indicted for assisting a military expedition to conquer Cuba John Quitman
Proposed a series of eight resolutions to resolve the crisis surrounding California's request to enter as a free state Henry Clay
Illinois Democrat elected senator in 1854 with Lincoln's support because he opposed the Kansas-Nebraska bill Lyman Trumbull
Argued against the Compromise of 1850 because he felt that it allowed for slavery which, however constitutional, should be abolished because of a higher law than the Constitution William Seward
Spoke out against the Kansas-Nebraska act in campaigns to elect Whig politicians Abraham Lincoln
President who negotiated the resolution of the boundary dispute over the Oregon Territory James K. Polk
Senator who went to his death adamant in his belief that Congress did not have the power to keep slavery out of the territories John C. Calhoun
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