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This senator got a cane to his head
Charles Sumner
100
This factor caused the Compromise of 1850 to have to be written instead of Cass' popular sovereignty, Wilmot Proviso, or MO Compromise
CA wanting to be a free state
200
First to introduce the idea of popular sovereignty in the West. Let the people decide!
Sen. Lewis Cass (MI)
200
John Brown kills 5 people here in the race to get KS free
Pottawatomie Creek, KS
200
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Who did the U.S. defeat to get land to the West, thus causing the slavery division
Mexico
200
When people favor one region over the interests of the country as a whole
Sectionalism
300
Prom PA; slavery should not exist at all in the West
David Wilmot
300
the determining factor to pass the Compromise of 1850 for the South
Fugitive Slave Law
300
Dred Scott determined this unconstitutional
MO Compromise
300
What bill had split the existing political parties
KS/NE Act
400
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe
400
How did the U.S. maintain a balance when the MO Compromise was first passed
Maine became a free state
400
2 ideas from Declaration of independence pinned against each other
"Life, liberty and property" vs. "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness"
400
What did Douglas' popular sovereignty plan do to his own political party
Split it
500
Played it safe in the race for IL Senator; personally didn't believe in slavery, but people should decide
Stephen Douglas
500
Name 3 parts of the Compromise of 1850
1.) CA free
2.) D.C. maintain slavery, but not slave trade
3.) Fugitive Slave Law
4.) Mexican Cession use popular sovereignty
500
How the KS/NE Act was born
Douglas needed the South's support for his railroad
500
This president tried to push the MO Compromise idea to avoid problems