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A Nation Divided

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Who designed the Missouri Compromise? Henry Clay
Why was there such a problem about making Missouri a state? It would disrupt the balance between free and slave states.
Why were people mad when Tallmadge wanted to make an amendment? They wanted the people to determine whether it would be a free or slave state.
Which compromise allowed Maine to enter as a free state and Missouri as a slave state? The Missouri Compromise
What was the exception of the line made at 36 30 as a result of the Missouri Compromise? Missouri.
What stated that there should not be any slavery in the lands gained as a part of the Mexican-American War? Wilmot Proviso.
Which other state, besides Missouri, would disrupt the balance between free and slave states? California
Which plan admitted California as a free state, let New Mexico and Utah open to slavery, closed slave trade in D.C., and created a fugitive slave law? The Compromise of 1850
Who did Henry Clay use for assistance in coming up with the Compromise of 1850? Daniel Webster.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? Harriet Beecher Stowe.
How did the ideas for Uncle Tom's Cabin start? from a vision at a church service
What was published in 1852? Uncle Tom's Cabin.
What abolished the Missouri Compromise? Kansas-Nebraska Act.
What two territories were made open to slavery in 1854? Kansas and Nebraska
Did the Dred Scott Decision rule for or against Dred Scott? against because he wasn't considered a citizen
Who was the one that wanted to use weapons and ammunition to cause a rebellion to end slavery? John Brown.
Where was the place that John Brown tried to get the weapons and ammunition from? Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Who was the speaker in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates that thought that people should take the matter of slavery into their own hands and not abolish or allow it completely? Stephen Douglas
Who was the candidate that thought that slavery should be abolished completely in all the United States? Abraham Lincoln
At which election was Abraham Lincoln elected president, even though he didn't actually win the election? The Election of 1860.
Which political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of? Republicans
On December 20, 1860, which state was the first to secede from the Union? South Carolina
What was the new country called that was formed by 7 southern states? The Confederate States of America
Upon whom did the Confederates in Charleston, SC first fire upon in the Civil War? Fort Sumter
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