1. Missouri Compromise a. List 3 facts about the Missouri Compromise

b. What effect did it have on the country?

2. Compromise of 1850

a. List 3 facts about the Compromise of 1850

b. What effect did it have on the country?

3. Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

a. List 3 facts about Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

b. What effect did it have on the country?

4. Fugitive Slave Act

a. List 3 facts about Fugitive Slave Act

b. What effect did it have on the country?

5. John Brown (John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry)

a. List 3 facts about John Brown

b. What effect did it have on the country?

6. Uncle Tom's Cabin

a. List 3 facts about Uncle Tom's Cabin

b. What effect did it have on the country?

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b.lincoln had the victory he wanted for emancipation