Reconstruction

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How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of keeping the balance of power in the Senate between free and slave states?

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Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state.

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How would Kansas and Nebraska deal with slavery, according to the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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The state of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty (people voting)

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Significance of Uncle Toms Cabin

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It played a significant role in shaping public opinion about slavery and fueling the abolitionist movement.

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Importance of the Louisiana Purchase

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It doubled the size of the United States and opened up valuable land for settlement and resources.

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One important precedents President Washington set was: Washington established the first presidential cabinet, Washington issued the Proclamation of Neutrality, Washington signed the Jay Treaty, Creation of the US Army

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Washington established the first presidential cabinet

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Popular Sovereignty was the idea that the people would vote whether or not their state would have slavery.

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the people would vote whether or not their state would have slavery.

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Different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.

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Sectionalism

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What MAIN outcomes came from the Supreme Court decision Dred Scott vs Sandford?

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Slaves are property, not citizens

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What had contributed most to the increasing sectionalism in the United States in the 1800's? Options: economic differences, religious beliefs, Native American conflict and rights, relations with foreign countries

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economic differences

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States in the South believed:

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That State's Rights should have more political power than the Federal Government.