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| In 1850, this state unsettled the balance of 15 free to 15 slave states. | California |
| If California entered as a free state, Southern states threatened to | secede. |
| Secede means | to remove. |
| A runaway slave was called a | fugitive. |
| A war between people of the same country is called | civil war |
| Required citizens to help capture runaway slaves | Fugitive Slave Act |
| A consequence of not returning slaves was | jail and $1000 fine. |
| Judges received money for sending an accused runaway back to the South | $10 but $5 for setting them free. |
| The Fugitive Slave Act made some Northerners feel that | they were part of the slave system. |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this famous novel | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin showed the | horrors of slavery & the injustice of the Fugitive Slave Act |
| H. B. Stowe's novel helped | alter the way Northerners felt about slavery. |
