us key events

Question 1

a novel about slavery which was written by harriet beecher stowe. it became a bestseller in the north. it made people start to view slavery as more of a moral problem, not just a political conflict

Answer 1

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Question 2

an agreement made between supporters of slavery in the south and opponents of slavery in the north. the agreement included four parts:

• california was admitted to the union as a free state
• the slave trade was banned in washington dc
• popular sovereignty would be used to decide the question of slavery in the states created from the mexican cession
• a tough new fugitive slave law was put in place

Answer 2

compromise of 1850

Question 3

this was an agreement created in 1820 to establish and maintain the balance between free and slave states

Answer 3

missouri compromise

Question 4

popular sovereignty would be used to decide the issue of slavery in the kansas territory and the nebraska territory

Answer 4

kansas-nebraska act