USHC Standard 2 Practice

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The Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act that followed ____________________________________.

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increased sectional tensions in the United States

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Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Who was from South Carolina, supported slavery, opposed tariffs, and claimed states could nullify a federal law?

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John C. Calhoun

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Which state was "bleeding" because of conflict over slavery?

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Kansas

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What was ONE disadvantage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

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Made it difficult for free blacks to prove they weren't slaves

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What was the Trail of Tears?

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A law that forced all Native Americans to move west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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What was the Spoil System?

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Andrew Jackson rewarded his supporters with government jobs.

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These events happened under what President: National Bank, Trail of Tears, Spoils System

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Andrew Jackson

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True or False: The Emancipation Proclamation immediately set all the slaves in the United States free?

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FALSE

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Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do? Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control. Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery. Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army. All of the above

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All of the above