Land ceded by Mexico to the United States following the Mexican-American War. The territory included the future states of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

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Mexican Cession
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Complex compromise devised by Senator Henry Clay admitting California as a free state, included a stronger fugitive slave law, and delayed the determination of slave state for the New Mexico and Utah territories.
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Compromise of 1850
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Law sponsored by Illinois senator Stephen A. Douglas allowing popular sovereignty in the territories.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)
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Proposal to prohibit slavery in land acquired from the Mexican Cession. It passed the House of Representatives but was defeated in the Senate.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Elected the 16th President of the United States in 1860. His election led to secession of southern states. Delivered the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Which of the following was a result of the Compromise of 1850? provided for a stricter Fugitive Slave law, legalized slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico, provided for cotton to be used as a medium of exchange, ensured that there would be a perpetual balance between slave states and free states
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provided for a stricter Fugitive Slave law
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Which of the following brought the issue of slavery back to the forefront in the 1840s and 1850s?
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US Supreme Court justices tended to rule in favor of the North,
the United States was expanding to the West,
preachers made famous in the Second Great Awakening raised the issue in most sermons,
political parties felt that slavery was an issue that would unite their members
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the United States was expanding to the West
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