1. a. California was included to the Union as a free state.
b. Because the capital (Washington DC) banned slavery.
2. a. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 was an act that divided the western part of Missouri into two parts; Kansas and Nebraska.
b. Kansas was in between of the North (Union) and the South (Confederates). Both parties wanted Kansas to support what they support for their own interests.
3. I haven't read Uncle Tom's Cabin, sorry.
4. propaganda; and claimed as an unfair picture of slavery (not really sure about this answer)
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The Union victory did solve a handful of problems, it abolished slavery and get rid of the Confederate Union but not every problem could be solved. Personally I would disagree because the Civil War had other problems right after because of the victory.