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Events leading to the Civil War
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Events leading up to the Civil War
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1
Who solved the Missouri debate?
Abe Lincoln
Henry Clay
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
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The 1st shots of the Civil War were fired at:
Charlotte, NC
Fort Sumter, SC
Atlanta, GA
RIchmond, VA
3
California was admitted to the union as a _______________.
free state
slave state
4
What were the Senators in the south afraid of if there were more free states than slave states?
losing tax money
losing respect
losing future elections
losing voting power
5
Kansas was admitted to the Union as a _________ state.
free
slave
6
Which event came 1st?
Compromise of 1850
Civil War
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
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Slaves never fought back.
False
True
8
Why was the Fugitive Slave Law passed?
Because it was what slaves wanted
Because the free states wanted to be fair to slave states
because there was an unbalance between the states
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Who went to a free state with his owner and thought they should be free when their owner died?
Abe Lincoln
Dred Scott
Sojourner Truth
Frederick Douglass
10
When Kansas applied to become a state, why did fighting break out?
people for and against slavery fought about it
People did not want Kansas to be a state
people were mad that they wanted to be a slave state
11
Many southerners said they would secede from the Union if _____________.
Slavery became illegal
Dred Scott was freed
Abe Lincoln became president
12
The south threatened to secede from the union. What did that mean?
to be a success
to separate or leave the union
to not show up to Congress
to eat seeds
13
The Underground Railroad was ______________.
a real railroad under the ground
a secret way to buy new slaves
a way to get slaves back to the south
a system of secret escape routes
14
The Fugitive Slave Law would help ________________.
slaves from the south to get to the Underground Railroad
slave owners to get their property they lost
abolitionist keep their slaves
slaves that fled from the south get to the north
15
The term union refers to:
The south
A gathering
A vegetable
The United States
16
What is an abolitionist?
people who wanted to keep slavery
people who voted for Abe Lincoln
people who owned slaves
people who wanted to end slavery
17
What was the result of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri had to pay higher taxes
Missouri became a slave state
Missouri became a free state
18
The Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850 and Kansas-Nebraska Act all led to ______.
Fighting against the slaves
The American Revolution
The Civil War
Peace
19
The Compromise of 1850 involved which state?
Kansas
Maine
California
Missouri
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Why did Missouri's application to become a state cause conflict?
They didn't have a state Constitution
States west of the Mississippi were to be slave states
They did not have the population required to be a state
It left an unbalance between the free and slave states
21
Which state was admitted to the union as a free state during the Missouri Compromise?
Kansas
Nebraska
Maine
California
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What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott decision?
Dred Scott was to go back to Africa
Dred Scott was still a slave
Dred Scott was free
Dred Scott was sent to jail
