APUSH Period 5 Flashcard

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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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Which of the following did the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repeal? Wilmot Proviso, Compromise of 1850, Northwest Ordinance, Missouri Compromise

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Missouri Compromise

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Which individual advocated for popular sovereignty and was a primary sponsor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Stephen A. Douglas

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What did the idea of popular sovereignty seek to accomplish in the context of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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let the residents of those territories determine whether to allow slavery or not

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"Bleeding Kansas" gained its reputation for violence because of the sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides of the slavery issue.

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sporadic warfare between settlers on opposing sides of the slavery issue

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The Republican Party, formed in 1854,

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prospered because of Northern outrage over the caning of Sumner and "Bleeding Kansas"

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The Free Soil platform included all of the following EXCEPT: support of the Wilmot Proviso, opposition to slavery in the territories, opposition to internal improvements, opposition to Conscience Whigs

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opposition to internal improvements

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Manifest Destiny led to all of the following EXCEPT: increased sectional conflict over slavery, the annexation of Texas, the Gadsden Purchase, the decline of the Democratic Party.

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the decline of the Democratic Party

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Which political party was the most critical of the Mexican-American War?

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Whigs