Western Expansion and the issue of slavery
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- Q1plan that opposed slavery into the western territoriesCompromise of 1820The Great CompromiseCompromise of 1850Wilmot Proviso30s
- Q2the process of taking states of the unionsecessionpopular sovereigntynullificationAll of the above30s
- Q3the idea that citizens of each new territory should be allowed to decide if they wanted to permit slavery or notFreedom votepopular sovereigntyWilmot Provisosecession30s
- Q4book that changed Northern perception of Africans and slaveryUnderground RailroadUncle Tom's CabinHarriet Tubman's bookAll of the above30s
- Q5was apart of the Compromise of 1850 and was created by Henry Clay. This law benefits slaveholdersAll of the aboveFugitive Slave ActCompromise of 1820Run away slave Act30s
- Q6informal but well organized system that helps thousands of enslaved persons escapeUnderground RailroadUncle Tom's CabinFugitive Slave ActKansas-Nebraska Act30s
- Q7this law organized the Nebraska territoryFugitive Slave ActTubman's LawKansas-Nebraska ActRun away slave act30s
- Q8personally guided 300 slaves to freedomJame OglethoreAll of the aboveFrederick DouglasHarriet Tubman30s
- Q9The discovery of gold brought thousands of new residents toCaliforniaMaineOregonTexas30s
- Q10The issue of slavery's expansion divided the country not along party lines, but alongreligious linessectional linesinternational linesjudicial lines30s
- Q11The first battleground between those favoring the extension of slavery and the opposing it wasOregonNebraskaCaliforniaKansas30s
- Q12A person claiming that an African American had escaped from slavery had only to point out that person as a run away to take him or her in custodyPopular SovereightyWilmot ProvisoKansas-Nebraska ActFugitive Slave Act30s
- Q13The Kansas-Nebraska Act had enraged many people who opposed the extension of slavery because it repealed theFugitive Slave ActLecompton constitutionMissouri CompromiseFreeport Doctrine30s
- Q14What became a political issue itself and further intensified the sectional conflict rather than removing the issue of slavery in the territories from politics as hoped?the Republican Partythe Dred Scott Casethe Lincoln and Douglas debatesthe election of 185630s
- Q15A person claiming that an African American had escaped from slavery had only to point out that person as a runaway to take him or her into custody under theKansas-Nebraska ActPopular Sovereignty ActWilmot ProvisoFugitive Slave Act30s