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Why was there a delicate peace maintained in Congress in 1815?
What was established by the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
Which event is associated with William Lloyd Garrison in 1831?
What major event was a direct result of Nat Turner's Rebellion?
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Which event symbolized resistance to slavery and helped enslaved African Americans escape to free states and Canada?
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Which event led to the nullification of the Missouri Compromise line and inflamed sectional tensions?
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What did the Mexican-American War add to the United States, raising questions about expanding slavery into new territories?
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Which event repealed the Missouri Compromise and led to violent conflict in Kansas?
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What event directly caused South Carolina and six other states to secede from the Union?
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'Bleeding Kansas' was a conflict between which two groups?
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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' influenced public opinion in which region against slavery?
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'Compromise of 1850' introduced which controversial act that led to intensified sectional conflict?
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'Dred Scott Supreme Court case' ruled that Congress had no authority to prohibit slavery in which areas?
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'John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry' aimed to rally all southern slaves to do what?
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What event resulted in harsher slave laws and increased fear of slave uprisings in the South?
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Which event led to questions about the expansion of slavery into new territories?
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What did the Underground Railroad symbolize and aid thousands towards?
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Which event initiated the secession of Southern states from the Union?
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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow territories to decide through popular sovereignty?
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Which event highlighted the dangers of popular sovereignty as a solution to the slavery issue?
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'Uncle Tom's Cabin' influenced public opinion in which direction regarding slavery?
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'Bleeding Kansas' was a conflict between settlers supporting which two opposing ideologies?
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'Compromise of 1850' introduced which controversial act that intensified sectional conflict?
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What foundational ambiguity in the Constitution laid the groundwork for future conflicts over slavery?
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How did the invention of the cotton gin impact the demand for slave labor?
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What was the significance of the Missouri Compromise enacted in 1820?
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What event led to the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade in 1808?
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What was the outcome of abolishing the transatlantic slave trade in 1808?
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What did Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin primarily impact?
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How did the balance of power in Congress affect the issue of slavery?
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