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What was one of the effects of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin?"
Northerners and southerners became more angry with each other. Many began to see slavery as a moral issue.
Many white southerners considered "Uncle Tom's Cabin," propaganda,which is . . .
false and/or misleading information
How did the Kansas-Nebraska act affect the population of the territories?
The population increased as settlers flooded into the territory
How did Stephen Douglas's plan undo the Missouri Compromise?
By allowing the territories to use popular sovereignty to decide the use of slavery, the Missouri Compromise ban was ended.
How did northerners react to enforcement to the Fugitive Slave Law?
They resisted it
What did the Compromise of 1850 do about slavery in the District of Columbia
It outlawed the buying and selling of slaves there
Why was slavery in the District of Columbia such an important issue?
As the nation's capital, the District of Columbia had special significance for northerners and southerners.
What was the Compromise of 1850?
Henry Clay's proposal to use popular sovereignty to decide whether new states had slavery, except California and DC would be a free state.
