Antebellum Compromises

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This compromise/act happened in 1854.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Why was the Fugitive Slave Act passed?

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to force Northerners to return escaping slaves

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This law made Maine a free state.

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Missouri Compromise

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The issue in this event was whether to allow slavery in the land gained from the Mexican Cession.

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Compromise of 1850

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This law led to violence and murder when thousands of pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers moved to a new state to tip the vote over slavery.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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This compromise was needed because a new state wanted to join the U.S. as a slave state, which would break the balance of 11 free states and 11 slave states.

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Missouri Compromise

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This compromise created a new law called the Fugitive Slave Act, which forced Northerners to help catch runaway slaves.

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Compromise of 1850

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This law removed the Missouri Compromise and said that new states could vote on whether to allow slavery (popular sovereignty).

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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This law made California a free state.

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Compromise of 1850

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The Civil War started just 6 years after this compromise: Missouri Compromise, Nullification Crisis, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act