Ch 15.2 FLASHCARD

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This was the "boundary of slavery" (also the Southern border of Missouri)

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36°30'N latitude

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The idea that allows the people to decide if their territory would be free or slave.

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popular sovereignty

Front

The ______ Territory was the first territory to shed blood in the civil war against slavery.

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Kansas

Front

In October of 1859, his raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia increased Southerners fears of a great Northern conspiracy against them.

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John Brown

Front

The border ruffians traveled to Kansas from which state? Options: Iowa, Nebraska, Mississippi, South Carolina, Missouri

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Missouri

Front

According to the Missouri Compromise, this was a slave state

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Missouri

Front

According to the Missouri Compromise, this was a free state

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Maine

Front

A term to describe a person running away or trying to run away.

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fugitive

Front

John C. Calhoun was a Senator from which state?

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South Carolina

Front

According to the ________, a person could be fined or imprisoned for aiding escaping enslaved people.

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Fugitive Slave Act