Allowing voters in a territory to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery is known as:
Debate over Slavery

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Federalism
Republicanism
Popular Sovereignty
Limited Government
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Support of a particular section or region of the United States instead of the country as a whole is known as:
Expansion
Sectionalism
Annexation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Compromise used the 36'30" line as the deciding factor on whether states would enter the US as free or slave?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Great Compromise
3/5 Compromise
Commerce Compromise
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who became President in 1848?
James K Polk
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which Compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and gave directions to use popular sovereignty to solve issue of slavery in the territories going forward?
3/5 Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Great Compromise
Missouri Compromise of 1820
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who organized (came up with) the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Governor Greg Abbott
James K Polk
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which territory (pictured above) that was added to the US after the Mexican War?
Gadsden Purchase
Northwest Ordinance
Louisiana Purchase
Mexican Cession
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