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The loyalty that many Americans felt towards their region of the country, rather than the country as a whole.

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Sectionalism

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A group of people who saw slavery as a great moral evil that should be ended.

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Abolitionists

Front

What did Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman all have in common?

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They were abolitionists, they wrote about their experiences, and they were born as slaves.

Front

What was the title of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, that provoked outrage against slavery in the North?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

Front

What two states did the Missouri Compromise affect?

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Maine and Missouri

Front

Which compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and outlawed slavery north of Missouri at the 36 30 parallel?

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Missouri Compromise

Front

Which state was added to the country as a free state because of the Compromise of 1850?

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California

Front

What compromise did the Kansas Nebraska Act repeal (reverse)?

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Missouri Compromise

Front

What was the event where pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces tried to influence the outcome of an election in Kansas?

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Bleeding Kansas

Front

In what Supreme Court Case was it decided that African Americans were not citizens and therefore had no right to sue in federal court?

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Dred Scott v Sanford