Essential Question Four Flashcard First Period

Front

What was mostly abolished in the Northern states, leading them to support abolitionist movements?

Back

Slavery

Front

The Southern states' economies relied on what for agriculture, especially cotton?

Back

Slavery

Front

What raged over whether new states would be free or slave states?

Back

Debates

Front

What was passed to maintain the balance of power between free and slave states, allowing Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

Back

Missouri Compromise

Front

What included measures such as admitting California as a free state and enacting a stricter Fugitive Slave Law?

Back

Compromise of 1850

Front

Who was elected President, leading to the secession of Southern states?

Back

Abraham Lincoln