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Who was incorrectly paired with the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre?

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Frederick Douglass

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What act repealed the Missouri Compromise and favored popular sovereignty?

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was the most successful religious utopian community founded in the 1830s?

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Mormonism

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What was one provision of the Compromise of 1850?

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All of the above (including California as a free state, stronger fugitive slave laws, and the abolition of the slave trade in Washington D.C.)

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What law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 generated emotional opposition in the North?

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Passing a series of new fugitive slave laws.

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What was the main goal of the abolitionist movement?

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To end slavery in the United States.

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What was popular sovereignty?

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The principle that the settlers of a territory had the right to decide whether to allow slavery.

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Who was a prominent abolitionist and former slave that advocated for equality?

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Frederick Douglass.

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What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise?

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It was an effort to maintain the balance of power between slave and free states.

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What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the political landscape?

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It led to violent conflicts known as 'Bleeding Kansas' and increased tensions over slavery.

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