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Passing by Congress that drew an imaginary line across the southern border of Missouri. Salvery was permitted below the line and banned north of the line
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Missouri Compromise
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Called for a law to ban slavery in any lands won from Mexico. Congress decided that they had no right to ban slavery in western territories.
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Wilmot Proviso
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Loyalty to a state or section is called
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Sectionalism
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Control by the people
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Popular sovereignty
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What is the slogan for the Free Soil Party?
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Free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men
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What was the main goal of the Free Soil Party?
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To keep slavery out of the western territories
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Presidential candidate of 1848 that was represented the Whig party, a hero of the Mexican War and won the election.
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Zachary Taylor
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To remove
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Secede
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What territory wanted to be admitted to the union as a free state that would upset the balance in the Senate?
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California
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What was the nickname of Henry Clay?
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The Great Compromiser
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Another word for runaway
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Fugitive
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A war between people of the same country is called a
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Civil War |
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What is the name of the energetic senator from Illinois who took Clay plan's promoting to Congress getting it approved?
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Stephen Douglas
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What did the Compromise of 1850 state?
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1. California admitted to Union as a free state
2. Divided the Mexican Cession into territories of New Mexico and Utah (decide slavery based on popular sovereignty) 3. Ended slave trade in Washington DC 4. Strict Fugitive Slave Law 5. Settled border dispute betwe Texas and New Mexico |
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What did the Fugitive Slave Law state?
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Required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. People who let fugitive slaves escape were fined $1000 and jailed 6 months
Judges received $10 to send accused runaway back to south; $5 for setting someone free |
