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| Which presidential candidate did the Whig party nominate in 1849? |
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| What did the Missouri Compromise Preserve and who came up with it? |
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| The balance between slave and free states, Henry Clay. |
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| What is the Wilmot Proviso and who offered an alternative to it? |
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| Ban slavery in land purchased from Mexico |
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| In the 1848 election what issue did both Taylor and Cass ignore that ignored the voters? |
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| Who won the 1848 election? |
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| Who wrote Civil Disobedience and what did this writing encourage people to do? |
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| Henry David Thoreau, to not obey the law if you don't believe in it |
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| Which Chief Justice wrote the Dred Scott decision? |
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| In Dred Scott decision, who did Taney refer to as property? |
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| All slaves as property, Ex. Dred Scott and his family |
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| In the Dred Scott decision, what did the supreme court rule regarding slavery? |
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| Restricting slavery was unconstitutional |
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| Who was outraged at the Scott vs. Sandford decision? |
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| What doctrine came about because of the Lincoln-Douglas debates? |
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| What is the fugitive slave act,and who was angered by it and what did they do? |
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| The north was angered and they helped free the slaves |
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| Who was the president in 1853? |
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| In the 1840's which state did Polk and the democrats favor? |
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| What does it mean to "abstain" from voting? |
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| Who lead violent attacks as a protest to slavery? |
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| What was the main topic for the Lincoln-Douglas debate? |
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| What did Calhoun believe about the authority to ban slavery in territories? |
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| Not congress or local authority has the right to ban slavery |
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| How did sectionalism (or states trying to succeed) lead to the civil war? What did Lincoln say that leads you to this answer? |
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| North was industrial and didn't like slavery, South was agricultural and wanted to keep slavery,southerners disliked northerners getting involved in southern issues. |
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