A dividing nation Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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Missouri Compromise
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an 1820 congressional agreement where Missouri was decided a slave state and Maine as a free state
2
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Wilmot Proviso
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A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the territory added to the U.S as a result of the Mexican-American war
3
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Compromise of 1850
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1.) Admitted calfornia as free state
2.)the remainder of mexican cession became new mexico and utah
4
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Kansas-Nebraska act
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Allowed settlers to choose whether or not slavery should be allowed, this repealed the missouri compromise
