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- This was part of a military appropriation bill stating that all land claimed from Mexico would be free
- A mechanical reaper to harvest grain was invented by: - Samuel F. B. Morse. - John Deere. - Eli Whitney.- Cyrus Hall McCormick
- This event in California threatened to destroy the balance between free and slave states in the Senate.
- Nine Northern states passed these laws to interfere with the Fugitive Slave Law
- This was used to decide the issue of slavery in a territory.
- Who won the Lincoln Douglas race for the Senate in 1858?
- In 1850, the admission of this state to the Union caused concern for many Southern politicians.
- Legislation that included a strict, new fugitive slave law
- Proposed law, prohibiting slavery in the territories
- In 1850 Congress decided that land won from Mexico would decide the issue of slavery through this?
- Name the modern-day states that were acquired in the Mexican Cession.
- This person's Seventh of March speech called for a strong fugitive-slave law.
- Bill passed by Congress in 1854 that led to violence
- New York abolitionist who used violence to accomplish his goals
- Proposed as a last resort after seven southern states seceded
- site surrendered after a Confederate attack
- Supreme Court Chief Justice when the Dred Scott case was decided
- How was the issue of slavery decided in the territory ceded by Mexico?
- Disagreement at the Constitutional Convention of1787 over the Virginia and New Jersey plans was resolved by a compromise that
- A strict interpretation versus a loose interpretation of the Constitution was most evident in the debate over the