Slavery Compromises

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

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Missouri

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

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Maine

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Where was the Missouri Compromise line?

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36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves.

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What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?

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Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

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What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850? Options: Oregon, California, Michigan, Iowa

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California

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The concept that the people in a territory would VOTE to decide if a new state is to be a free state or a slave state.

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popular sovereignty

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Why was the South against California entering the union? Options: California would upset the balance of power in congress, California wanted to be a slave state, California was the scene of violence and bloodshed, The South wanted all the gold

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California would upset the balance of power in congress

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This law (act) allowed settlers of Kansas and Nebraska to decide whether slavery would be allowed into territories where it had once been banned.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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According to the Missouri Compromise any new territory that becomes a state NORTH of the 36-30 line would be a _____ state.

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Free