| Term | Definition |
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| The nation faced a crisis because the balance in power of the senate was again threatened. | What happened when California requested admission to the Union as a free state in 1850? |
| The fear of the southerners was that the South would be outvoted in the senate. | What was the fear of the people in the South? |
| Secede means remove. | What does the word secede mean? |
| Senator Henry Clay's nickname was "The Great Compromiser" | What was Senator Henry Clay's nickname? |
| Calhoun refused to compromise. He said that slavery should be allowed in the western terriotories. Clay thought that the south and north should reach an agreement. | What were Senators Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun's position on the issue of slavery? |
| A fugitive is a runaway. | What is a fugitive? |
| Webster is a senator, he feared that the states could not separate withoput starting a bloody civil war. | What position did Daniel Webster hold? What did Webster fear? |
| A civil war is a war between people of the same country. | What is a Civil War? |
| His last words were "The South! The poor South! God knows what will become of her now!" | What were John C. Calhoun's dying words? |
| 5 parts, Admits Cali. as free state. Upholds popular sovereignty in New Mexico and Utah. Bans slave trade in Washington, D.C. Includes fugitive slave act. Settles Texas/New Mexico border dispute. | How many parts did the Compromise of 1850 have? Name each of them. |
| Fugitive Slave Act | This act of 1850 required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves. People who let fugitives escape could be fined $1000 and jailed. |
| The act enraged antislavery northerners. | What was the reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act in the North? |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | What was a popular bestseller in 1852? |
| Harriet Beecher Stowe | Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
| The purpose of writing this book was so everyone can now know how horrible slavery is. | What was the purpose of Harriet Beecher Stowe's book Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
| Uncle Tom is the slave in this book. Simon Legree is the brutal owner of Tom. | Who are Uncle Tom and Simon Legree? |
| The reaction in the North was the way they felt about slavery now. The reaction in the South was that they said It did not give a true synoopsis of what a slave life really is. | What was the reaction to Uncle Tom's Cabin in the North and South? |
| It effected the north by making the book popular in a moral way. It affected the south in a way the made another book called "Anti Tom" | What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on the North and South? |
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