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AP US History
Unit 5 – Civil War and Reconstruction, 1848–1877
Topic 5.2
What policy allowed settlers in certain territories to decide if they would allow slavery within their borders, exacerbating sectional tension?
The Fugitive Slave Act dealt with runaway slaves but did not give settlers the power to allow or disallow slavery in their territories.
Popular Sovereignty was enacted as part of Kansas-Nebraska Act causing further divisions among North and South on issue of slavery.
The Missouri Compromise attempted to maintain a balance between slave states and free states but didn't cause sectional tension directly.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed California to enter as a free state thus reducing tension.
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