AH2.4 Antebellum: Sectional Conflict

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What book, written by Harriet B. Stowe, depicted the horrific nature of slavery?

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Who led the Raid on Harper’s Ferry?

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?

• made Kansas and Nebraska states

• ended slavery

• made Kansas and Nebraska territories open to popular sovereignty

• ended the Compromise of 1850 entirely

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What was the result of the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

• slaves are property; Compromise of 1820 unconstitutional

• slave trading illegal; all slaves that cross into the North are free 

• state laws are superior to national law

• led to the 12th Amendment making slavery legal,