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