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| What were the main points of the Compromise of 1850? |
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| California came in as a free state. Territories would decide on slavery. Slave trade was abolished in Washington, DC. There was a stricter federal fugitive law. |
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| What did the Kansas Nebraska Act lead to? |
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| The Kansas-Nebraska led to much voilence. It was named "Bleeding Kansas". |
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| How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act settle the issue of slavery? |
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| Who was responsible for the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850? |
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| What is popular sovereignty? |
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| Popular sovereignty is when the territories decide if they want slavery or not. |
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| Who actually got the Compromise of 1850 passed? How? |
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| Stephen Douglas He separated the slave states from the non-slave states. |
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| What 1849 event brought California into the spotlight? |
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| Why did California's application for statehood cause a national uproar? |
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| It raised the question of slavery. |
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| What happened to Senator Sumner? |
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| He was beaten by Presto Brooks, who was against slavery. |
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| What are the main points of the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850? |
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| The North had to give back runaway slaves. |
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| Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
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