SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
DRED SCOTT
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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the events of “Bleeding Kansas”
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the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
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the admission of California as a free state
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the abolition of slavery in Washington, D.C.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The acts called for the admission of California as a “free state, ” provided for a territorial government for Utah and New Mexico, established a boundary between Texas and the United States, called for the abolition of slave trade in Washington, DC, and amended the Fugitive Slave Act.
Detailed explanation-2: -With the Gold Rush came a huge increase in population and a pressing need for civil government. In 1849, Californians sought statehood and, after heated debate in the U.S. Congress arising out of the slavery issue, California entered the Union as a free, nonslavery state by the Compromise of 1850.
Detailed explanation-3: -On September 9, 1850, California was admitted as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850. The Compromise was actually a series of bills passed mainly to address issues related to slavery.
Detailed explanation-4: -It had been given limits by the Missouri Compromise in 1820 and had no opportunity to overstep them. The new territories made renewed expansion of slavery a real likelihood. Many Northerners believed that if not allowed to spread, slavery would ultimately decline and die.