15.1 Review

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What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 do?

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prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30’.

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The idea that political power belongs to the people is called...

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Popular Sovereignty

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Favoring the interests of one section or region over the interests of the entire country is called ...

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Sectionalism

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What political party did Antislavery Northerners start?

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Free-Soil Party

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Why did Southerners NOT want California to join as a free state?

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There would then be more free states than slave states.

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Who came up with the Compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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Under the Compromise of 1850, what city would slave trade be banned in?

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Washington D.C.

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Under the Compromise of 1850, California would enter the union as a ...

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free state

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The Fugitive Slave Act made it a crime to...

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help slaves escape to freedom

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As a result of the Fugitive Slave Act, many African American Northerners fled to...

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Canada