What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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To create a new constitution
To abolish slavery in all states
To balance the power between free and slave states
To establish a new capital for the United States
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Which state was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?
Texas
California
Florida
Missouri
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What did the Fugitive Slave Law enforce?
The abolition of slavery in the North
The right to vote for all citizens
The return of escaped slaves to their owners
The freedom of all slaves
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Sojourner Truth
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act primarily about?
Establishing new trade routes
Allowing territories to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty
Building a transcontinental railroad
Creating new states in the South
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What was the Anaconda Plan?
A method to recruit more soldiers
A peace treaty with the Confederacy
A plan to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River
A strategy to expand the Union
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation declare?
The end of the Civil War
The freedom of slaves in Confederate states
The annexation of new territories
The start of Reconstruction
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