13 & 14 Review Flashcardziz

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The Free Soil Party, like many northerners:

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feared the expansion of slavery in the west would be competition for white labor.

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An increase in which of the following was the key part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act to attract Southern support?
Options: Transportation in the South
, Popular sovereignty
, Fugitive Slave Act
, Representation in Congress

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Popular sovereignty

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The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

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actually helped the new Republican Party.

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Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because: the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

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Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because: the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s?

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Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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One impact of the Mexican-American War was...

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The United States got a large area of land in the Southwest.

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Who lost their land in the West after the U.S. won a war against their country in the 1840s due to discrimination?

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Mexican American

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Who was the first state to secede?

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South Carolina