Debate over Slavery

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Allowing voters in a territory to decide whether or not they wanted to allow slavery is known as:

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Popular Sovereignty

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Support of a particular section or region of the United States instead of the country as a whole is known as:

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Sectionalism

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Which Compromise used the 36'30" line as the deciding factor on whether states would enter the US as free or slave?

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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Who became President in 1848?

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Zachary Taylor

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Which Compromise allowed California to enter as a free state and gave directions to use popular sovereignty to solve issue of slavery in the territories going forward?

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Compromise of 1850

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Who organized (came up with) the Compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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Which territory (pictured above) that was added to the US after the Mexican War? Options: Gadsden Purchase, Northwest Ordinance, Louisiana Purchase, Mexican Cession

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Mexican Cession

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Aiding a slave was illegal and resulted in jail time and fines. Slaves could be arrested even in free territory. These two items were part of which Act?

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Who was the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin? (a book that told the story of the evils of slavery)

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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What were the people called who wanted to end slavery?

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Abolitionists