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"Popular sovereignty" was the idea that
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the people of a territory should determine for themselves whether or not to permit slavery
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In the election of 1848, the response of the Whig and Democratic parties to rising controversy over slavery was
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Platforms stressing both parties' clear differences with the antislavery Free Soil party
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Forming an effective government in California was essential because of
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The very large and unruly population drawn into the state be the discovery of gold
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p. 403
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The proposed admission of California directly into the Union was dangerously controversial because
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California's admission as a free state would destroy the equal balance of slave and free states in the U.S. senate
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p. 403
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The existence of the "underground railroad" added to southern demands for
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A stricter federal Fugitive Slave Law
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p. 404
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Among the notable advocates of compromise in the controversy over slavery in 1850 were
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Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
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p. 406
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During the debate over the Compromise of 1850, northern antislavery forces were particularly outraged by what they considered the "betrayal" of
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Daniel Webster
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p. 407
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Under the terms of the Compromise 1850
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California was admitted as a free state, and Utah wasn New Mexico as slave states
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p. 407
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The final battle to gain passage of the Compromise of 1850 was substantially aided by
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The Conversion of William Seward t the idea of compromise
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p. 408
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The greatest winner in the Compromise of 1850 was
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the North
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p. 408
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One of the primary effects of the Fugitive Slave Law passed as part of the Compromise of 1850 was
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A sharp rise in northern antislavery feeling
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p. 410
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The conflict over slavery after the election of 1852 shortly led to
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The death of the Whig party
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p. 411
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Southerners seeking to expand the territory of slavery were especially interested in acquiring
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Nicaragua and Cuba
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p. 412
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The primary goal of Commodore Matthew Perry's treaty with Japan in 1854 was
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Opening Japan to American trade
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Northerners especially resented Douglas's Kansas-Nebraska Act because
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It repealed the Missouri Compromise
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p. 416
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