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Question 1

Douglas split Clay’s Plan into five separate bills which together became known as ____________ .a.The Missouri Compromisec.The Compromise of 1850b.The Kansas-Nebraska Actd.The Wilmot Proviso

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C

Question 2

During the colonial era in America, slave codes

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gave enslavers more power over enslaved persons.

Question 3

In the early and mid-1800s, much of the North’s economy depended on

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unskilled labor supplied by immigrants.

Question 4

How was the issue over California’s admission to the Union resolved?

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President Zachary Taylor, who opposed compromise, died.

Question 5

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintain the balance of free and slave states?

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Maine entered as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

Question 6

How did the introduction of the cotton gin affect enslaved workers on Southern plantations?

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Planters demanded enslaved laborers work faster.

Question 7

In the 1850s, many Northerners thought John Brown was a

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noble hero.

Question 8

Which statement about the Three-Fifths Compromise is accurate?

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The Three-Fifths Compromise increased the number of Representatives for the South.

Question 9

Which is a result of the official system of slavery in the American colonies?

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Banks and insurance companies profited from the slave trade.

Question 10

According to the slave codes, enslaved African Americans could not

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testify in court against white people.

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