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The Fugitive Slave Act
Antislavery Liturature
The Kansas Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Dread Scott Decision
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What did the fugitive slave act do?
it made it a federal crime to help runaway slaves
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What novel sparked outraged in the South and gained praise in the North?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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What did Henry Clay help out with?
The Missouri crisis of 1819-1820 and nullification crisis of 1832-1833
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Who helped with the Missouri crisis of 1819-20 and the nullification crisis of 1832-33?
Henry Clay
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Who was Dred Scott?
The slave of an army surgeon from St. Louis, Missouri
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If anyone helped runaway slaves what was their punishment?
6 months in jail and a 1000 fine
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Who wrote the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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What did Douglas want?
A railroad line running from Chicago
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Who was the senator of Massachusetts?
Daniel Webster
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Who was Justice of the supreme court?
Roger B. Taney
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What were northerner's upset about?
Fugitive slave act
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What became popular in 1840?
The use of slave narratives
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What did Southerners want?
A railroad line running from New Orleans across Texas.
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What month did the compromise of 1850 become a law?
September
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Taney wrote what in March 1857?
Dread Scott Desicion
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Who was Anthony Burns?
a fugitive slave from Virginia who was arrested in Boston
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How many copies of Uncle Tom's cabin were sold within 10 years?
2 million copies
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What was Douglas's plan?
Remove the Missouri compromise's restriction on slavery north of the 36 degrees 30' line
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What was one of Clays five main parts of his proposal?
He called for a new, more effective fugitive slave law
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Who warned about the court's future rulings?
Abraham Lincoln
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Where did African Americans escape potential prosecution under the Fugitive Slave Act
Canada
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Why did Stowe write the novel?
She wanted to show the northerners what slavery was like.
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When did Congress approve the construction of the railroad?
1862
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What did the senator Williams demanded of the admission of California?
"directly, without conditions, without qualifications and and without compromise."
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African Americans were not citizens under what?
U.S. Constitution