Chpt 15 A Country in Crisis Gibbs/Smith Modified

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

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Missouri

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

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Maine

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The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.

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California

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The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

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Fugitive Slave Act.

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The Fugitive Slave Act...

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increased Underground Railroad Activity and led to resistance in the North.

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The idea that political power belongs to the people is called_____________________, and allows the people to make decisions about who will represent them in government and what laws will be established.

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Popular Sovereignty

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According to the Compromise of 1850, which two territories were allowed to decide for themselves on the issue of allowing or banning slavery by popular sovereignty?

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Utah and New Mexico

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Which part of the nation would be most in favor of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? Options: The Northern free states, The Southern slave states

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The Southern slave states

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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

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Harriet Beacher Stow

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What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

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That slavery was wrong