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The Missouri Compromise attempted to resolve tensions by
Keeping a balance of free and slave states
Removing the 3/5 rule from the Constitution
Ending slavery in Northern states
Banning slave trade across the country
The Compromise of 1850 included
Giving citizenship to freed slaves
Passing a tougher Fugitive Slave Law
Annexing new land from the territories
Banning slavery in western states
The Dred Scott decision ruled that
Slaves had full legal rights
Enslaved people were considered property
All states must allow slavery
Free blacks could vote in all elections
William Lloyd Garrison published
The Kansas Code, about local laws
The Federalist, promoting the Constitution
Common Sense, which urged independence
The Liberator, which opposed slavery
John Brown is most known for
Leading protests against tariffs
Writing the Compromise of 1850
Trying to start a revolt at Harpers Ferry
Debating slavery in Congress
The expansion of slavery became a national issue due to
Decreased cotton production
New western lands needing decisions on slavery
Supreme Court restrictions
Lower taxes for plantations
One effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was
Decline in Southern agriculture
Freedom for escaped slaves
Greater division between North and South
Less Northern resistance
The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers to
Ban all slavery in the West
Choose new governors directly
Vote on whether to allow slavery
Remove federal law enforcement
"Bleeding Kansas" was a result of
Economic hardship from war debt
A rebellion against British troops
Northern opposition to tariffs
Fighting over slavery in new territories
The Supreme Court in Dred Scott v. Sandford stated that
The Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
States must return all escaped slaves
Slaves had limited legal protections
Congress could end slavery anywhere
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Proposed a compromise on slavery
Justified the Dred Scott decision
Supported Southern slaveowners
Raised Northern anger toward slavery
The abolition movement focused on
Expanding the Constitution
Passing voting laws for immigrants
Ending slavery in the United States
Balancing trade with the South
Frederick Douglass was known for
Leading a Southern rebellion
Speaking out against slavery and injustice
Creating the Missouri Compromise
Writing pro-slavery laws
The Underground Railroad helped enslaved people by
Providing secret escape routes to freedom
Selling land in the West
Sending petitions to Congress
Starting open rebellions
The Lincoln-Douglas debates focused mainly on
U.S. foreign policy
The expansion of slavery into new lands
Election procedures in the West
Banking and tariffs
Abraham Lincoln gained national attention by
Challenging slavery in political debates
Protesting taxes in Massachusetts
Leading Southern Democrats
Writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin
