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Chapter 15

Quiz by Rhett Oldham

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  • Q1
    idea that political power belongs to the people
    popular sovereignty
    30s
  • Q2
    favoring the interests of one region over the interests of the entire country
    sectionalism
    30s
  • Q3
    formally withdraw
    secede
    30s
  • Q4
    California enters as a free state, fugitive slave law, slave trade would end in Washington D.C., popular sovereignty would decided slavery in the rest of the Mexican Cession land
    Compromise of 1850
    30s
  • Q5
    made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed slaves to be captured in free states and returned to the south
    Fugitive Slave Act
    30s
  • Q6
    antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
    Uncle Tom's Cabin
    30s
  • Q7
    author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    30s
  • Q8
    1852 Democratic presidential candidate who supported the Compromise of 1850, won the election
    Franklin Pierce
    30s
  • Q9
    Democratic Senator from Illinois
    Stephen Douglas
    30s
  • Q10
    allowed the people of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery in their states
    Kansas-Nebraska Act
    30s
  • Q11
    John Brown and his men killed 5 proslavery men in Kansas
    Pottawatomie Massacre
    30s
  • Q12
    political party united against the spread of slavery in the West
    Republican Party
    30s
  • Q13
    1856 Democratic presidential candidate, won the election
    James Buchanan
    30s
  • Q14
    1856 Republican presidential candidate
    John C. Freemont
    30s
  • Q15
    slave that sued for his freedom after owner lived in a free state for a period of time
    Dred Scott
    30s

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