Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Bleeding Kansas
Election of 1860
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Who proposed the idea of the compromise
Henry Clay
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What did the fugitive slave act make a crime?
helping runaway slave
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Who was Stephen Dougales?
A congressman who supported building a railroad from Chicago to the Pacific
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What did people do to ensure Kansas had a pro slavery government
cross the border to vote and make strict pro slavery laws
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What political party was formed by former Whigs?
The Constitutional Union Party
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What state did Henry Clay urge to join the union as a free state?
California
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What country did slaves flee to, to escape?
Canada
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What two territories were created by the Kansas Nebraska Act?
The Kansas Territory and Nebraska Territory
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Who made a speech following the Pottawatomie Massacre called "The Crime Against Kansas"?
Charles Sumner
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What main political parties were running?
Democrats and Republicans
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Henry clay addressed a border dispute that did what?
Texas and Mexico and Texas had to give ups its claims
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What happened in the case of Anthony Burns
A group of abolitionists tried to rescue him by force when he was arrested as a run away slave.
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Where did the southerners want the railroad to run?
From New Orleans to Southern California
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What conflicts caused the Pottawatomie Massacre?
Slavery conflicts between pro-slavery groups and anti-slavery groups.
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How did Lincoln win?
The south split their vote between three candidates and Lincoln got all the north votes.
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Henry Clay wanted what area of land to be organized in to federal territory?
Mexican Cession
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How much were commissioners paid and why was it unfair?
If they rejected a slave holders claim they received 5 dollars and if they returned a slave they received 10 dollars.
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What restrictions from what Compromise did the Kansas Nebraska act remove?
The Missouri restrictions on slavery north of the 36,30`line
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What violent act did the abolitionist family led by John Brown commit.
They killed five pro slavery men and cause kansa to collapse into a civil war.
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Who were the four main runners in the election of 1860?
Lincoln, Bell, Douglas, and Breckinridge
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Henry Clay wanted the end of what trade?
slave trade
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What was the punishment for anyone who helped runaway slaves?
6 months in jail and a fine of $1,000
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What did the result of the Kansas Nebraska Act cause?
They had to deal with complaints of controversy in the north and south
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What was the name of the Massacre led by John Brown
The Pottawatomie Massacre
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What did the election remind people of the South's power?
They were losing political power on the National level.
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