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What is popular sovereignty
100
He wrote the Missouri Compromise
Who is Henry Clay
100
This compromise established a line that formed the boundary between slave states and free states
What is the Missouri Compromise.
100
This act aimed to give residents of the new state of Kansas the power of popular sovereignty to decide slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
100
The main difference between the economies of the North and the South could be described like this.
What is industrial vs. agricultural.
200
Betraying one's country through words and actions will lead you to the gallows for this.
What is treason.
200
He spoke in the U.S. Senate in favor of compromise on the issue of slavery.
Who is Daniel Webster?
200
This compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850
200
The 1858 Illinois Senate race centered on the issue of slavery. One candidate supported popular sovereignty; the other supported stopping the spread of slavery.
Who are Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln
200
This invention helped Northern industry expand rapidly, and helped businesses transport goods and people faster and farther.
What is the steam engine (or steam locomotive)
300
If you don't agree with the teacher's decision, you may feel like you want to do this from the class.
What is secede.
300
He was a self-educated lawyer from Kentucky
Who is Abraham Lincoln
300
This act empowered all citizens to arrest runaway slaves. It also paid judges $10 for each slave they returned to their masters.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act.
300
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this novel, published in 1852, that was credited with turning the tide in the north firmly against slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
300
This invention increased cotton production in the South
What is the cotton gin.
400
If you run away from something or break out of jail, you may be called this.
What is a fugitive.
400
He proposed the Fugitive Slave Act
Who is John C. Calhoun
400
This compromise allowed Maine to enter the Union as a Free State, and Missouri to enter the Union as a Slave State, thus maintaining the balance of power in the Senate.
What is the Missouri Compromise.
400
This man led raids in Kansas, and later Virginia, against slavery. He was eventually hung for treason.
Who is John Brown.
400
Northern industry grew rapidly due, in part, to the presence of this source of workers.
What are immigrants.
500
A person who wanted to eradicate slavery from the U.S. was called this.
What is an abolitionist.
500
This slave sued for his freedom. He lost.
Who is Dred Scott
500
This man played a key role in both major compromise efforts between 1820-1850
Who is Henry Clay
500
The election of 1860 was won by Abraham Lincoln because of this one characteristic of the voting population.
What is a greater number of Northern voters.
500
Southern families who inherited wealth and land relied on this labor source to produce crops.