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