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16.2: Challenges to Slavery
1. Name the four components of the Compromise of 1850-
What Act is being described in the picture above? Write two facts about this Act.
In your own words explain Popular Sovereignty.
The Wilmot Proviso called for
Define border ruffians.
In which state did rival pro-slavery and antislavery governments exist at the same time. Circle
the correct answer: Texas, Ohio, Missouri, Kansas
Write a newspaper headlining describing the events in Kansas in 1856. Your headline should be
at least one sentence.
Find two facts about the violent abolitionist, John Brown. Cite your source
What is an abolitionist?