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History Chapter 10
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03/26/2014

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This allowed California to be admitted to the Union as a free state and allowed voters in the Utah and New Mexico territories to decide about salvery

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Compromise of 1850

Term

Northerners who objected to slavery's impact

on free white workers were called

Definition

 

Free Soilers

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According to ________, the residents of a territory had the right to vote for or against slavery

Definition

 

 

Popular sovereignty

Term

What law did nine Northern states pass that 

forbidded the imprisonment of runaway slaves

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Personal Liberty Laws

Term

Abraham Lincoln was the first president

of which party

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The Republican party

Term

Who was one of the most active conductors on the 

Underground Railroad

Definition

 

 

Harriet Tubman

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Who supported the Wilmot Proviso

 

Definition

 

 

Northerners

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What issue divided the Whig Party
Definition

 

 

Slavery

Term
Nativism was a fear and opposition of...
Definition

 

 

immigration

Term

What nick name did the American Party 

become known as

Definition

 

 

Know-nothing party

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The Republican Party was united

in their opinion about what issue

Definition

 

 

opposition to slavery

Term

What was Henry Clay's primary purpose in 

offering the Compromise of 1850?

Definition

 

To avoid a civil war over the issue of slavery

Term

The formal withdrawal of a state from

the Union is known as

Definition

 

 

Secession

Term

Name one of the founders

of the Republican Party

Definition

 

 

Horace Greely

Term

The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas

debate was

 

Definition

 

 

slavery in the territories

Term
Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by
Definition

 

Harriet Beecher Stowe

Term

The Confederacy included all of the following states except

Maryland

Texas

Alabama

South Carolina

Definition

 

 

Maryland

Term

What was the result of passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

 

 

Definition

 

 

Popular sovereignty for Kansas and Nebraska

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Which words best describe John Brown
Definition

 

 

antislavery and violent

Term

Which view best summarizes Lincoln's

position on slavery in 1858

Definition

 

 

Slavery should not spread because it is morally

and politically wrong

Term

What was one effect of John Brown's 

actions at Harpers Ferry

Definition

 

 

Increase tensions between the North and South

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Which was the first state to secede
Definition

 

 

South Carolina

Term
Which state rejected secession on June 11, 1861
Definition

 

 

West Virginia

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Which map symbol shows the northern

border of the Confederate States of America

Definition

 

 

double narrow line

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Which was the last state to join the Confederacy?

 

Definition

 

 

Tennessee

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