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the original slavery line in the US |
Mason-Dixon Line |
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increased the debate between free and slave states |
Western Expansion |
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tensions worsened over slavery when the US got more _________ |
land |
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what two problems happened when Missouri wanted to join US |
part of Missouri was to the north of Mason-Dixon Line and there would be more slave states then free |
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what did the South threaten to do |
break away and form their own country |
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when 2 parties come to an agreement each giving up something |
compromise |
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"The Great Compromiser" |
Senator Henry Clay nickname |
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Missouri Compromise of 1820 was written by |
Henry Clay |
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In the Missouri Compromise |
Maine was a free state but Missouri was a slavery state |
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new slave line |
36 30: north of line- free; south of line -slave |
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a person who wanted to end slavery |
abolitionist |
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Famous women abolitionist |
Harriet Tubman |
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After Mexican-American War this state caused disagreement |
California |
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Another disagreement was over the size of |
Texas |
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Abolitionists wanted slavery ended in |
Washington, DC |
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Slave owners wanted people to stop |
helping slaves to run away |
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Help to write another Compromise came from |
Henry Clay |
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This man helped to pass the Compromise |
Stephen Douglas |
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When citizens vote and the majority wins , it is called |
popular sovereignty |
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Two new territories that were allowed to vote on slavery were |
Utah and New Mexico |
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This state joined the US as a free state |
California |
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New law created to capture( catch) runaway slaves |
Fugitive Slave Law- slave returned to owners |
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Slave trade was outlawed in |
Washington, DC |
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This state redrew their borders and got $10 million dollars for it |
TEXAS |
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5 parts of Compromise of 1850 |
POP- popular sovereignty F - Fugitive Slave Law A - Abolish slave trade C - California was free state T - borders redrawn ( changed) |
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This US President died in 1850 |
Zachary Taylor |
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Who FILLS in (took over) for President Zachary Taylor when he died? |
Millard FILLMORE |
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Two new territories that voted on slavery in 1854 were |
Kansas ans Nebraska |
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How did the 2nd Compromise break the earlier Missouri Compromise ? |
It completely ignored the 36 30 line |
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Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act ? |
Stephen Douglas |
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What was the fighting in this new territory called? |
Bleeding Kansas- people started killing (caused bloodshed) those who did not agree |
