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Unit 1: SS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Great Compromise? | The Great Compromise is a compromise reached between Virginia and New Jersey on how the government is run |
| What did the Great Compromise entail? | The Great Compromise said that Congress should have two houses, representatives would be by population, and the Senate would have two representatives from each state. |
| Did the Great Compromise pass? | Yes |
| What is Federalism? | Federalism is the constitutional powers shared by both state and national government. |
| What is popular sovereignty? (Give Example) | Popular Sovereignty is the idea that choices made about the government should be chosen by the people. (Elections) |
| What does domestic mean? | Domestic means something local to one country |
| What does foreign mean? | Foreign means something done or made outside of a country |
| What is the Northwest Ordinance? | The Northwest Ordinance was a law that decided how new states in the west would be governed |
| What is the Missouri Compromise? | The Missouri Compromise was a decision to draw an imaginary line through the country, everything on top of that line was a free state, and everything below was slave |
| What is the Tallmadge amendment? | The Tallmadge amendment was a proposal to add Missouri to the Union, but only as a free state |
| What is the 'gag rule'? | The gag rule was a law stating that any issues presented to Congress about slavery would be ignored |
| What was the Wilmot Proviso? | The Wilmot Proviso was a proposal stating that any land gained from the Mexican-American war would be free |
| Did the Wilmot Proviso pass? | No |
| Was California added as a free or slave state? | California was added as a free state |
| What did the Compromise of 1850 entail? | The compromise of 1850 entailed that California would join the Union as a free state, New Mexico and Utah territories would be able to choose whether they were free or slave, abolished slave trade in DC, and had a stricter fugitive slave law added. |
| Was the Compromise passed? | Yes |
| What was the fugitive slave act? | The fugitive slave act was a law that said that any escaped slaves were to be brought back to their owners immediately, and any allies of the slaves could be jailed as well |
| What was 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'? | Uncle Tom's cabin was a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, this novel aroused anger and empathy towards the slaves because it was such an accurate representation of slave life |
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