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Question 1

Wilmot Proviso

Answer 1

A proposal made in 1846 to prohibit slavery in territories added to the United States after the Mexican-American War

Question 2

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Answer 2

An act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska borders and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing places to vote on whether they were free or not

Question 3

Lincoln Douglass debates

Answer 3

A series of political debates between Abraham and Stephen Douglas, candidates in the Illinois race for U.S. senator. Slavery was the main issue.

Question 4

Compromise of 1850 (Hint: 5 points)

Answer 4

1.)Admitting California as a free state 2.) The remainder of the Mexican Cession became New Mexico and Utah 3.) Texas got a claim on new mexico for 10 million 4.) Fugitive Slave Act 5.) Abolished the buying and selling of slaves.

Question 5

Missouri Compromise

Answer 5

An 1820 Congressional Agreement in which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave and Maine was admitted as a free state. It also banned slavery north of the 36°30′ latitude line in the Louisiana Territory, except for Missouri.

Question 6

Dred Scott decision

Answer 6

A Supreme Court decision in 1857 held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.