How did the Compromise of 1850 cause tensions between northerners and southerners?
a. Voters south of the original Missouri Compromise line lost more slave territory to the North with the addition of New Mexico and Utah.
b. Voters north of the original Missouri Compromise line could decide on slavery by popular sovereignty.****
c. It allowed the slave trade to continue in Washington D.C.
d. It allowed northerners to protect slaves who had escaped to the north.
What is the significance of the Free-Soil Party in the election of 1848?
a. The new political party called for a ban on slavery in the new territories and their success showed that slavery had become a national issue.****
b. The new political party called for separation of the Northern free states and the Southern slave states and their failure led to the creation of the Confederacy.
c. The new political party called for abolition of slavery across the United States and their success showed how the country was moving away from using slavery.
d. The new political party called for Southerners to be able to choose to spread slavery and their failure showed the division the country continued to face.
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