Compromise of 1850 and Sectional Conflict

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The Compromise of 1850 was caused by the desire of what territory to be admitted as a state?

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California

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The Wilmot Proviso attempted to...

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Outlaw slavery in the territories taken from Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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The concept that the people in a territory should decide through democratic means whether slavery should or should not be legal in that territory is also known as...

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Popular sovereignty

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What historical event accelerated both the settlement of California and the Compromise of 1850?

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Discovery of gold in 1849

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The arguments made against slavery by the authors of the Constitution of California can best be described as....

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Economic

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Secession as a term means...

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A state attempting to leave a national government and form an independent country

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The principal archeitect of the Compromise of 1850 was...

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Henry Clay

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In exchange for agreeing to the admitting California as a free state, the South got....

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A tougher Fugitive Slave Act

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Is the statement "The Compromise of 1850 effectively and lastingly solved the sectional crisis over slavery" true or false?

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False

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Many Irish and German immigrants dealt with hostility and persecution, mainly due to which of the following? Racial prejudices, Inability to assimilate into American culture, Widespread adherence to socialism and Marxism, Practice of Catholicism

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Practice of Catholicism