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111 Cards in this Set
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_____ is the belief that political power belongs to the people.
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Popular sovereignty
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The Wilmot Proviso proposed banning slavery in the _____.
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Mexican Cession
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The _____ proposed banning slavery in the Mexican Cession.
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Wilmot Proviso
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The Wilmot Proviso was rejected by the _____.
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Senate
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_____ is the devotion to a region over the country.
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sectionalism
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The Free-Soil Party was formed in _____.
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1848
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The Free-Soil Party addressed _____ (issue).
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slavery
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The Free-Soil Party was formed by northern members of the _____ and Whig parties.
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Democratic
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The Free-Soil Party was formed by northern members of the Democratic and _____ parties.
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Whig
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The Compromise of 1850 was proposed by _____.
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Henry Clay
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The Compromise of 1850 admitted _____ as free state.
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California
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The Compromise of 1850 left the issue of slavery to _____.
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popular sovereignty
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The Compromise of 1850 ended the _____ in Washington DC.
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slave trade
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The Compromise of 1850 ended the slave trade in _____.
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Washington DC
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The Fugitive Slave Act made it a _____ to help runaway slaves.
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crime
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The Fugitive Slave Act sent runaway slaves _____.
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back to the South
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Northerners hated the runaway slave act because they became _____.
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part of the slave system
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Anthony Burns was a _____.
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runaway slave
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Anthony Burn's arrest became the center of _____.
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violent debates
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Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by _____.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Uncle Tom's Cabin showed the northerners _____.
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how cruel slavery was
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Harriet Beecher Stowe was an _____.
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abolitionist
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_____ was the Democratic candidate for president in 1852.
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Franklin Pierce
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Franklin Pierce was the Democratic candidate for president in _____.
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1852
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Franklin Pierce passed the _____ (act).
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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_____ was the Democratic candidate in 1860.
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Stephan Douglas
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Stephan Douglas was the _____ candidate in 1860.
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Democratic
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Stephan Douglas was the Democratic candidate in _____.
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1860
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Stephan Douglas debated with _____ during the Illinois Senate race.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Stephan Douglas debated with Abraham Lincoln during the _____.
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Illinois Senate race
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_____ established the Freeport Doctrine.
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Stephen Douglas
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Stephen Douglas established the _____.
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Freeport Doctrine
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The Kansas-Nebraska act _____ the Missouri Compromise.
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nullified
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The Kansas-Nebraska act nullified the _____.
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Missouri Compromise
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The Kansas-Nebraska act caused a _____.
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mini civil war
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In the _____, John Brown murdered pro-slavery Kansans.
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Pottawatomie Massacre
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In the Pottawatomie Massacre, _____ murdered pro-slavery Kansans.
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John Brown
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In the Pottawatomie Massacre, John Brown murdered _____.
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pro-slavery Kansans
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_____ was an American congressman from Massachusetts.
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Charles Sumner
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Charles Sumner was an American congressman from _____.
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Massachusetts
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_____ was beaten unconscious by Preston Brooks.
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Charles Sumner
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Charles Sumner was beaten unconscious by _____.
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Preston Brooks
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Preston Brooks was a Senator from _____.
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South Carolina
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The Republican Party was formed by _____, Free-Soilers, and abolitionists.
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Democrats
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The Republican Party was formed by Democrats, _____, and abolitionists.
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Free-Soilers
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The Republican Party was formed by Democrats, Free-Soilers, and _____.
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abolitionists
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The Republican party was formed in the _____ to stop the spread of slavery.
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1850s
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The _____ was formed in the 1850s to stop the spread of slavery.
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Republican party
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The Republican party was formed in the 1850s to stop _____.
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the spread of slavery
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_____ was the fifteenth president of the United States.
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James Buchanan
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James Buchanan was the _____ president of the United States.
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fifteenth
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James Bucharan was _____'s Secretary of State.
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Polk
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James Bucharan was Polk's _____.
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Secretary of State
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James Buchanan was chosen for his _____.
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political experience
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John C. Fremont was an _____, army officer, and politician.
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explorer
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John C. Fremont was an explorer, _____, and politician.
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army officer
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John C. Fremont was an explorer, army officer, and _____.
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politician
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_____ was the Republican presidential candidate in 1856.
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John C. Fremont
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John C. Fremont was the _____ presidential candidate in 1856.
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Republican
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John C. Fremont was the Republican presidential candidate in _____.
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1856
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_____ was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who wrote the majority in the Dred Scott case.
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Roger B. Taney
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Roger B. Taney was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who wrote the majority in the _____ case.
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Dred Scott
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_____ was the sixteenth president.
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was the _____ president.
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sixteenth
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates occurred in the _____.
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1858 Illinois Senate race
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The Lincoln-Douglas debates focused on the spread of _____.
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slavery
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The _____ debates focused on the spread of slavery.
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Lincoln-Douglas
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The _____ was developed by Stephan Douglas.
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Freeport Doctrine
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The Freeport Doctrine was developed by _____.
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Stephan Douglas
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The Freeport Doctrine stated that _____ would be decided by popular sovereignty.
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slavery
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The Freeport Doctrine stated that slavery would be decided by _____.
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popular sovereignty
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The _____ stated that slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty.
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Freeport Doctrine
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_____ captured a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
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John Brown
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John Brown captured a federal arsenal at _____ in an attempt to start a slave uprising.
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Harper's Ferry
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John Brown captured a federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a _____.
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slave uprising
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_____ was the Southern Democrat who ran in 1860.
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John C. Breckinridge
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John C. Breckinridge was the ______ who ran in 1860.
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Southern Democrat
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John C. Breckinridge was the Southern Democrat who ran in _____.
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1860
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John C. Breckinridge believed in _____ that protected slavery.
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Constitutional ammendments
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The Constitutional Union Party was formed in _____.
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1860
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_____ was the 1860 presidential candidate from the Constitutional Union Party.
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John Bell
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John Bell was the _____ presidential candidate from the Constitutional Union Party.
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1860
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John Bell was the 1860 presidential candidate from the _____.
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Constitutional Union Party
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John Bell _____ the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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opposed
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_____ is the act of formally withdrawing from a country.
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Secession
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The _____ were the Southern states that seceded.
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Confederate States of America
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_____ was the first president of the Confederacy.
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Jefferson Davis
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Jefferson Davis was the _____ president of the Confederacy.
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first
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John C. Crittenden attempted to solve the _____.
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slavery issue
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After the Mexican Cession, some people wanted the _____ to extend to the Pacific.
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Missouri Compromise line
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After the Mexican Cession, some people wanted _____ to determine slavery.
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popular sovereignty
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The _____ was a propsal stating that slavery was banned in the Mexican Cession.
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Wilmot Proviso
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The Wilmot Proviso was a propsal stating that _____ was banned in the Mexican Cession.
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slavery
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The Wilmot Proviso was a propsal stating that slavery was banned in the _____.
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Mexican Cession
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The Wilmont Proviso was passed in the _____ but was rejected in the Senate.
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House of Representatives
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The Wilmont Proviso was passed in the House of Representatives but was rejected in the _____.
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Senate
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When California applied as a free state, people were afraid of upsetting the balance of power in the _____.
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Senate
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In the Compromise of 1850, _____ was admitted as a free state.
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California
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In the Compromise of 1850, slavery in the Mexican Cession was determined by _____.
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popular sovereignty
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In the Compromise of 1850,_____ gave up its eastern lands.
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Texas
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In the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was ended in _____.
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Washington D.C.
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In the Compromise of 1850, a stricter _____ was passed.
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fugitive slave law
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John C. Calhoun believed that changing slavery would end in _____.
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secession
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The Fugitive Slave Act made it a _____ to help runaway slaves.
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crime
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The Fugitive Slave Act said runaway slaves in ______ could be arrested.
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free states
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Uncle Tom's Cabin informed people how _____ slavery was.
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horrible
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_____ proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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Stephan Douglas
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The _____ stated that land in the Louisiana Territory would be decided on popular sovereignty.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act _____ stated that land in the would be decided on popular sovereignty.
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Louisiana Territory
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act stated that land in the Louisiana Territory would be decided on _____.
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popular sovereignty
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Pro and anti slaveryists killed eachother in _____.
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Kansas
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