Divisions in America 1830-1850

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

• Required citizens to assist in the capture of runaway slaves
• Prohibited anyone from helping runaway slaves
• All of the Above

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book that told of...

• Westward Expansion
• The horrors of slavery
• The proper way to build a cabin

Slaves were prohibited from crossing these, unless they had a special pass

• Bridges
• Roads
• State Borders

He became the editor of a newspaper, The North Star, that advocated for the end to slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Alexander Hamilton
• Frederick Douglass

A major issue for politicians throughout much of the 1800s was the preservation of...

• An equal balance of free and slave states
• The Louisiana Purchase
• Foreign trade, especially with Canada

The nickname given to someone who owned and operated a safehouse on the Underground Railroad.

• Conductor
• Stationmaster
• Abolitionist

the Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to join the Union as a...

• slave state
• free state
• neutral state

the Missouri Compromise allowed Maine to join the Union as a...

• slave state
• free state
• neutral state

The Missouri Compromise...

• Prohibited slavery in territory south of the 36-30 Parallel
• Allowed slavery in territory south of the 36-30 Parallel
• Prohibited slavery in territory north of the 36-30 Parallel

The Compromise of 1850 admitted this state to join the Union as a free state...

• California
• Maine
• Nebraska