Sectionalism

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Which compromise admitted Missouri to the Union as a slave state, while also outlawing slavery in any territory North of the 36 30’ N Latitude line?

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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What was the Wilmot Proviso?

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A proposal to ban slavery in the territories acquired from Mexico.

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As a result of the Compromise of 1850...

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California was admitted as a free state.

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Which of the following is true of the Fugitive Slave Act? Options: The law created safe houses for fugitive slaves to find shelter in., The law guaranteed captured fugitives the right to trial by jury., The law made it easier for slave owners to recapture runaways or enslave free blacks., The law made it illegal for bounty hunters to catch fugitives in the free states.

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The law made it easier for slave owners to recapture runaways or enslave free blacks.

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The Free-Soil Party focused on what issue?

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stopping the spread of slavery into new states and territories in the West

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What did the Supreme Court rule in Dred Scott v Sanford?

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Dred Scott was not a citizen, Dred Scott was property, Congress could not outlaw slavery in the territories.

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Which of the following is true about John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry? Brown's intention was to start a slave rebellion, Brown's raid was successful, Brown's raid had very little effect on causing the Civil War, Brown and his sons survived the raid

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Brown's intention was to start a slave rebellion

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The Republican Party formed out of the remains of what other former political parties?

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Whigs and Free-Soilers

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The first Republican president was...

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Abraham Lincoln

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Which of the following is true of Uncle Tom's Cabin? It taught readers about the horrible conditions of slavery.

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It taught readers about the horrible conditions of slavery.