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abolitionist who led a raid on US Army weapons store at Harpers Ferry
Who is John Brown
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This novel helped educate northerners about slavery
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin
100
According to the Compromise of 1850, which state would enter the Union as a free state?
What is California
100
Kanas collapsed into civil war and many citizens were killed was a result of this
What is Pottawatomie Massacre
100
The Dred Scott decision said this
What is slaves are property and have no legal rights
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senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850
Who is John C. Calhoun
200
Political party that fell apart when northern and southern members disagreed about the Kanas-Nebraska issue
What is Whig Party
200
The term for favoring the interests of one region over the interests of the entire country
What is sectionalism
200
This started the debate between North and South over the issue of slavery in the territories
What is the Wilmot Proviso
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This happened to make the Democratic Party not a strong force in the election of 1860
What is the Democrats could not agree on a single candidate so their votes were divided between the 2 candidates
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candidate for the senate who argued that slavery was morally wrong
Who is Abraham Lincoln
300
The issue of slavery in the West was the key issue of
What is Lincoln/Douglas Debates
300
This influenced the election on 1852
What is the expansion of slavery in the US
300
The outcome of this led to the proposal of the Wilmot Proviso
What is the Mexican American War
300
The political party that fell apart when northern and southern members disagreed about the Kansas/Nebraska issue
What is Whig Party
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process that allows people in a territory or state to vote directly on issues rather than have their elected representatives decide
What is popular sovereignty
400
In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln won despite not winning one of these votes
What is southern states
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The issue the Republican Party rallied around in 1854
What is the expansion of slavery in the US
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True or False The Kansas Nebraska Act maintained the balance of slave and free states in the Union
What is False
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Proposal that called for a ban on slavery and involuntary servitude in all parts of the Mexican Cessin
What is the Wilmot Proviso
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false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause
What is propaganda
500
Senator who proposed both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850
Who is Henry Clay
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John Brown lead an armed resistance in Virginia in 1859 to do this
What is steal weapons and bring them to local slaves
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This was a result of Abraham Lincoln's win as President in 1860
What is southern states succeeding from the Union
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True or False The Fugitive Slave Act was opposed by the northerners because they felt this
What is it gave commissioners ( politicians) too much power and was unfair to slaves by giving them a trial without jury