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The Union in Peril
The Union in Peril
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Review of the build up of tensions leading to the American Civil War in 1850s
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New political party that was opposed to the spread of slavery into the western territories
Republican Party
Know Nothing Party
Free Soil Party
Nativism Party
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Where did violence erupt due to both sides rushing to decide the vote on slavery?
Nebraska
Utah
Kansas
Missour
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What was the result of the election of Lincoln?
The Confederacy was formed
The Republican Party failed to gain enough votes
John Brown was executed
South Carolina seceded
4
Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Compromise of 1850 ?
Missouri admitted as free state
Stricter Fugitive Slave Law
California admitted as a free state
slavery issue in UT & NM decided by popular sovereignty
5
Antislavery novel that showed the horrors of slavery written by Harriet Beecher Stowe
John Brown's War
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Bleeding Kansas
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John Brown planned an attack at this place to overthrow the govt. and end slavery.
Pottawatomie Creek
Harper's Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
Washington D.C.
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What were the major economic differences between the North and South in 1850?
North was richer than the South
The South had more technology than the South
The North had more farms
North was industrial - South was agricultural
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This fiery abolitionist has often been called a fanatic by some, and a hero by others.
Stephen Douglass
Abe Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
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Who won the election of 1860?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Stephen Douglass
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A law that split Nebraska into two territories and allowed for popular sovereignty there.
Nebraska Act
Nebraska-Iowa Act
Utah-New Mexico Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Secret network of people who hid fugitive slaves who went north to freedom
Underground Railroad
There was no such thing
Kansas Freedom Trail
John Brown Railroad
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Decision by a state to leave the Union is called...
secession
compromise
Wilmot Proviso
nullification
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision?
Dred Scott was declared a free man
Territories could NOT exclude slavery
that being a free state did not make a slave free.
Slaves could be free if they lived in North
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The idea that people living in a territory should make their own decision about slavery
regional sovereignty
strategic voting
popular sovereignty
popularity
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This law made it illegal to help escaped slaves and forced them to be returned to owners.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Dred Scott Act
Fugitive Slave Act
