North/South Paths
Wilmot Proviso 1846
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1851
Uncle Tom's Cabin 1852
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Industry
What is the economy in the North based on?
100
Mexico
Who was the United States at work with during this period of time?
100
House of Representatives and the Senate
What is Congress made of?
100
Delete the Missouri Compromise
What was likely going to be the end result if the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was passed?
100
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Who wrote this book?
200
Agriculture or farming
What is the economy of the South based on?
200
Slavery
What is prohibited in any new territories that the U.S. may get from Mexico after the war?
200
Congress is divided on the slavery issue.
Why is a compromise needed in 1850?
200
People to vote for slavery.
What would this act allow people to do in territories?
200
North
Which side liked the book so much it was turned into a play?
300
Immigrants
How did the factories find enough workers willing to work, often at low wages?
300
free-soil party
What is the name of the new party created as a result of the proviso?
300
Henry Clay
Who is brought in to help with this compromise because he helped with the Missouri Compromise and understands the issue?
300
Boston
In what city was there a protest when a fugitive slave was captured?
300
The South
What side didn't like their portrayal in the book?
400
Canals and Railroads in which to move manufactured goods to other places.
What are two new modes of transportation in the North as a result of new products being manugactured?
400
Slavery can no longer be ignored.
What is biggest effect of the Wilmot Proviso?
400
California wasn't going to be divided, so this way it could be a free slave state.
Why did California go from territory to statehood quickly?
400
Brought bloodshed to the territories.
What is significant about the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1851?
400
Realistically portrayed slave's lives and gthe North didn't realize how bad their treatment was.
Why did this book become an important part in deciding why the North and South might go to war?
500
Racism
What is it called when a group of people dislikes or hates another group of people for no reason?
500
Territories were not states, so they were not "settled." Populations and the idea of being a free or slave state was very important at this time.
Why are territories so important to the impending civil war?
500
Daniel Webster
What famous senator from Massachusetts supported the compromise for the sake of the Union, AND who later created our first dictionary?
500
popular sovereignty
What is the system where the residents vote to decide an issue?
500
morality of slavery
What was one of the issues about slavery that Uncle Tom's Cabin created for everyday people?
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