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US History Chapter 16, Lesson One
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- Q1preserved the balance between slave and free states in the SenateCivil WarMissouri Compromise19th AmendmentDred Scot Decision30s
- Q2admitted to the Union in December 1845ArkansasWyomingUtahTexas30s
- Q3Democrats nominated James K. Polk of Tennessee for president184018441852184830s
- Q4got angry when Texas became part of the USMexicoAbraham LincolnFederalists in the NortheastArkansas30s
- Q5a constant dispute over its location helped lead to the Mexican Warborder between Mexico and New Mexicoborder between Texas and Mexicoborder between Montana and Canadaborder between Arizona and Mexico30s
- Q6President Polk tried to buy these territories. Mexico refused to sell them.California and new MexicoGuatemala and El SalvadorNew York and EnglandArizona and Texas30s
- Q7Whigs picked General Zachary Taylor as their presidential candidate185218441848183630s
- Q8to withdraw or break away from a nation or organizationseereadsebeedsecedesucceed30s
- Q9person who is running away from legal authorityconvictattorneysuspectfugitive30s
- Q10those who opposed slavery left their parties and formed thisFree-Soil PartyThe Democrat PartyThe Pajama PartyThe Abolitionist Party30s
- Q11"Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men."Democrat Party sloganFree-Soil Party sloganRepublican Party sloganWWE slogan30s
- Q12Anyone who helped a fugitive could be fined or imprisoned18th AmendmentFugitive Slave Act14th AmendmentRed Scot decision30s
- Q13armed pro-slavery supporter who crossed the border from Missouri to vote in Kansasabolitionist soldierborder ruffianLiberatorsJohn Brown's army30s
- Q14conflict between citizens of the same countryethnic cleansingborder warcivil warinternational conflict30s
- Q15slavery supporters attacked the town of Lawrence, an antislavery stronghold. Antislavery forces retaliated. In October 1856, federal troops arrived to stop the bloodshed.Civil War"Bleeding Kansas"The Mexican War"Murderous Kansas"30s