Antebellum Review

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Who proposed the Missouri Compromise, Compromise Tariff of 1832, and Compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Who was from South Carolina, supported slavery, opposed tariffs, and claimed states could nullify a federal law?

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John C. Calhoun

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What is popular sovereignty?

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Power of people to vote if they want slavery or not

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What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?

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Congress had no power to prohibit slavery.

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Who was from Massachusetts, was nicknamed "Old Man Eloquent", opposed slavery, and was a former president?

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John Quincy Adams

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Which 1820 law divided free and slave territories at the 36*30'N and maintained a balance of free and slave states?

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Missouri Compromise

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Who was from Massachusetts, opposed slavery, supported tariffs, and was opposed to nullification?

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Daniel Webster

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Who ran for president multiple times (was never elected), was from the west, and was known as the Great Compromiser?

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Henry Clay

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Which law annexed California as a free state, allowed popular sovereignty in 2 territories in the Mexican Cession, and banned the slave trade in Washington, D.C.?

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Compromise of 1850