TCI Lesson 21: A Dividing Nation

Front

How did Missouri's application as a slave state in 1819 challenge U.S. Law?

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States north of the Ohio River were to be free states.

Front

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

Back

It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

Front

What was the significance of the 36"30' parallel?

Back

It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

Front

What was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than slave states?

Back

losing voter power

Front

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?

Back

land acquired from Mexico

Front

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction, It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington D.C., It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves, It required the Underground Railroad to be disbanded

Back

It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

Front

Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

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Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

Front

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed EXCEPT: many slaves moved to Canada, Northerners refused to obey the laws, hounded slave catchers returned to the South, plantation owners did not want returned slaves

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plantation owners did not want returned slaves

Front

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

Back

It turned many people against slavery.

Front

How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?

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It allowed slavery in new Northern Territories.