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| democratic politicians and others attempted to avoid the issue of slavery in the territories by saying it should be left to popular sovereignty t or f |
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| The Free Soil Party consisted of a small, unified bank of radical abolitionists t or f |
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| false - it consisted of diverse interests that were unified only by their opposition to slavery expansion |
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| southerners demanded a more effective fugitive-slave law to stop the Underground Railroad from running escaped slaves to Canada t or f |
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| the gadsden purchase resulted in a general national agreement to build the transcontinental railroad along the southern route t or f |
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| false - it sharpened the debate over whether to build the railroad across the northern or southern route |
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| douglas's kansas-nebraska act was intended to organize western territories so that a transcontinental railroad could be built along a northern route t or f |
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| both southerners and northerners alike refused to accept douglas's plan to repeal the missouri compromise t or f |
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| false - the southerners voted in favor of the plan and pushed it through congress |
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| the kansas-nebraska act wrecked the compromise of 1850 and created deep divisions within the democratic party t or f |
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| the republican party was initially organized as a northern protest against douglas' kansas-nebraska act t or f |
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| in the election of 1848 the response of the whig and democratic parties to the rising controversy over slavery was |
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| an attempt to ignore the issue |
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| during the debate over the compromise of 1850 northern antislavery forces were particularly outraged by what they considered the betrayal of |
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| the final battle to gain passage of the compromise of 1850 was substantially aided by |
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| the death of president taylor and the succession of president fillmore |
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| the conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 shortly led to |
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| the death of the whig party |
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| the primary goal of commodore matthew perry's treaty with japan in 1854 was |
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| opening japan to american trade |
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| the primary goal of commodore matthew perry's treaty with japan in 1854 was |
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| opening japan to american trade |
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