Unit 12 Review

Front

What Amendment did the South claim gave them states’ rights and the legal right to secede?

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10th Amendment

Front

What state seceded first?

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South Carolina

Front

What document included the 3/5’s Compromise & was written by our Founding Fathers?

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The US Constitution

Front

What Compromise stated there was no slavery above the 36”30’ parallel & admitted Maine in as a free state?

Back

Missouri Compromise

Front

What was the goal of the Free-Soil Party?

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to keep slavery out of the western territories

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Which of the following are 3 of the 5 things the Compromise of 1850 accomplished? Options: Admitted California as a free state, abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C., and enacted a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, Admitted Texas as a slave state, abolished slavery in all territories, and enacted a stricter Fugitive Slave Law, Admitted California as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide on slavery, and abolished slavery in all territories, Admitted Texas as a free state, allowed Utah and New Mexico to decide on slavery, and abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C.

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Admitted California as a free state, abolished the slave trade in Washington D.C., and enacted a stricter Fugitive Slave Law

Front

What law required ALL citizens to help catch runaway slaves & send them back to the South?

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Fugitive Slave Act

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What was Congress trying to do when they passed The Compromise of 1850?

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Keep the Union together

Front

In the Kansas Nebraska Act, who got to decide the issue of slavery?

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people living in the territory

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The Kansas Nebraska Act repealed what law?

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Missouri Compromise