Compromises Leading Up to Civil War

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In 1820, when Missouri wanted to be admitted into the Union, did it want to be a slave state or a free state?

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Slave State

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The idea that the states should be able decide for themselves whether or not they will be a slave or a free state.

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Popular Sovereignty

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The South's economy was based on which of the following industries? Agriculture, Industrial Production, Finance/Banking, Infrastructure

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Agriculture

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This federal law made it illegal to harbor runaway slaves and forced their return to slaveholders in the South if caught.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This compromise not only let the territories of Kansas and Nebraska be decided by popular sovereignty, it also repealed the previous border established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was the name of the compromise that created the imaginary line on the map that separated slavery in the North and South?

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The Missouri Compromise

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In an effort to preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave and free states, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and Maine as a free state

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Missouri Compromise

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

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By allowing territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in which of the following? Popular Sovereignty allowed citizens to vote on slavery in both territories leading to angry mobs flooding into the region

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Popular Sovereignty allowed citizens to vote on slavery in both territories leading to angry mobs flooding into the region

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an 1854 law that established the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and gave their residents the right to decide whether to allow slavery.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act