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What was the Missouri compromise?
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In 1820 the Compromise resolved the issue of slavery for a short period.delayed the issues for 25 years It was a natural border for the cotton farming so slave owners agreed to it.
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What happened to the territory taken from the Mexican-American War?
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The territories were debated upon whether the eventual states would be slave states or not. The senators sided as Northerners or Southerners rather than Whigs or Democrats.
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What are the differences between Free soilers and the Popular sovereignty?
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Free Soilers: no extensions of slavery as it is a Moral Evil and small farmers couldn't compete with big plantation owners. Popular sovereignty: The local legislature should decide the slavery laws and any law that stops slavery is unconstitutional.
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How did slavery change the political spectrum?
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The Whigs and Democrats broke apart and people sided with the Republicans and the Know Nothings and Free Soilers.
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What were the main tenants of the Republican Party?
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Slavery was morally wrong, against Fugitive Slave Act, against internal slave trade. They didn't to disrupt the economic flow of areas with slavery.
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When was Uncle Tom's Cabin published?
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1852
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What/when was the Dread Scott Case?
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Dread Scott was taken from a slave state to a free state. He sued the federal courts for freedom because he and his family should be free because they were in a free state. SHABAM!
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