Chapter 9 : Sectionalism

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What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?

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Cotton

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The Compromise of 1850...

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allowed California to enter as a free state.

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Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

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The North

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

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Maine

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Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?

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Henry Clay

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What is the Missouri Compromise?

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Maintains the balance of power between slave and free states

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The economy of the South was based on?

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Plantations, agriculture, and slavery

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What was popular sovereignty?

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Allowed territories in the west to vote whether they wanted slavery or not

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What is an abolitionist?

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A person who wanted to end slavery.

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Henry Clay kept the balance of power between the slave states and the free states through legislation known as

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Missouri Compromise of 1820