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| What acts were passed to reduce sectionalism over the issue of slavery in the Mexican Cession? | Compromise of 1850 |
| What method was used to settle the slavery issue in the Kansas-Nebraska Act? | popular sovereignty |
| What was the network of abolitionists who helped slaves escape to freedom called? | Underground Railroad |
| Who is best known for their involvement with the Underground Railroad? | Harriet Tubman |
| Which novel increased sectionalism in America on the issue of slavery? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| What was the Republican Party platform based on in 1860? | no slavery in new states/territories |
| Which court case supported the extension of slavery into new territories? | Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) |
| What issue were the Lincoln-Douglas debates about? | slavery in the territories |
| What did Senator Stephen Douglas support on the issue of slavery? | popular sovereignty |
| Which historical event led to the formation of the Confederacy? | 1860 presidential election of Abraham Lincoln |
| What does "secession" mean? | to separate from the Union |
| What were the southern states that seceded from the Union called? | The Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) or Confederacy |
| What did the Compromise of 1850 do? | added California as a free state; popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah; Fugitive Slave Act |
| Which people were not citizens in the 1850s according to the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Dred Scott v. Sanford? | African-Americans |
| What was Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln's position on slavery? | no slavery in the new states/territories |
| What were the people who wanted to ban slavery called in the 1850s? | abolitionists |
| Which radical abolitionist tried to start a slave revolt at Harper's Ferry, Virginia in 1859? | John Brown |
