UNIT 4 REQUIRED CONTENT REVIEW

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Telegraph during the Civil War:

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The telegraph was used for rapid communication during the Civil War - helped North more than South

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How did the Missouri Compromise increase sectionalism?

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formalized division between free and slave states, intensifying regional conflicts over slavery.

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Contribution of popular sovereignty to the Civil War:

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intensified the conflict over slavery in new territories.

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1850s popular sovereignty:

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Popular sovereignty allowed territories to decide on the legality of slavery.

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Free Soil ideology, 1848: Opposition to the expansion of slavery into western territories.

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Opposition to the expansion of slavery into western territories.

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Effects of 1850 Compromise:

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The Compromise of 1850 temporarily eased tensions between slave and free states but ultimately failed to resolve the conflict.

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1850 Fugitive Slave Law:

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strengthened the enforcement of returning escaped slaves.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854: allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

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allowed popular sovereignty to determine the status of slavery in Kansas and Nebraska.

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What groups formed the new Republican Party in 1854? Options: Southern Democrats, Unionists, and Pro-Slavery Whigs, Labor Union members, Socialists, and Federalists, Radical Republicans, Green Party members, and Loyalists, Former Whigs, Free Soilers, anti-slavery Democrats, and abolitionists.

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Former Whigs, Free Soilers, anti-slavery Democrats, and abolitionists.

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Effect of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry:

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Increased tensions between North and South, contributing to the Civil War.