U.S. History: Slavery and Political Events (1800s)

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What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise (1820)?

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To maintain balance between free and slave states

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Which state was admitted as a free state under the Missouri Compromise?

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Maine

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What was the significance of the Wilmot Proviso?

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Proposed banning slavery in territories gained from Mexico

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The Compromise of 1850 included which of the following components? Admission of California as a free state, Abolition of slavery in all states, Annexation of Texas by Mexico, Granting women the right to vote

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Admission of California as a free state

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Who was the primary author of the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)?

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Stephen A Douglas

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act effectively repeal?

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Missouri Compromise

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What does the term "Bleeding Kansas" refer to?

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Violent conflict between pro- and anti-slavery settlers in Kansas

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What was the main platform of the Republican Party in the 1850s?

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Opposition to the expansion of slavery

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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, and what was its impact?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe; galvanized anti-slavery opinion

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What ruling did the Supreme Court make in Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)?

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Declared African Americans not citizens and invalidated Missouri Compromise