Ante- CW test review 1 take

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How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. Law? Options: It did not have a state constitution, States west of the Mississippi River were to be slave states, It did not have the population required for statehood, States north of the Ohio River were to be free states

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States north of the Ohio River were to be free states

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What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

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It temporarily ended the slavery debate

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What was the significance of the 36"30' parallel?

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It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

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What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

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losing voter power

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According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned? Options: Southern states, Northern states, Louisiana Territory, land acquired from Mexico

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land acquired from Mexico

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction, It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington D.C., It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves, It required the Underground Railroad to be disbanded

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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

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Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

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Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

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All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed EXCEPT: many slaves moved to Canada, Northerners refused to obey the laws, hounded slave catchers returned to the South, plantation owners did not want returned slaves

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plantation owners did not want returned slaves

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What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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It turned many people against slavery.

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?

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It allowed slavery in new Northern Territories