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What was the land called that the United States acquired from Mexico?
Mexican Cession
100
The cheapest way to travel by ship to America in the mid-1800s was by purchasing a ticket for
steerage.
100
Another name for the movement to end slavery is _______________.
abolition
100
bill settled the controversy over slavery in California and in the rest of the Mexican Cession?
Compromise of 1850
100
The president of the Confederacy was
Jefferson Davis
200
A negative opinion that is not based on facts is called a
prejudice.
200
Which law aroused great opposition and widespread disobedience in the North?
Fugitive Slave Act
300
People who come to a country to settle are called
immigrants.
300
This new political party was formed by Free-Soilers, Northern Whigs, and Democrats who opposed the spread of slavery.
Republican Party
400
In 1837, Massachusetts set up the first state board of education in the nation, with _______________ at its head.
Horace Mann
400
Whose lawsuit to gain freedom was denied in a landmark Supreme Court decision?
Dred Scott
500
_______________ was an escaped slave who became one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
500
Although he lost a Senate race in 1858, this Illinois Republican became nationally known because of debates with his opponent during the campaign.
Abraham Lincoln