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THE ROAD TO CIVIL WAR
THE ROAD TO CIVIL WAR
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Review of the events leading to the Civil War.
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He attempted to capture weapons at the U.S. arsenal and help slaves fight for their freedom.
John Bell
John Brown
Preston Brookes
Charles Sumner
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African Americans were no longer safe in the North because they could be kidnapped
Fugitive Slave Act
Abolition Movement
Wilmot Proviso
Popular Sovereignty
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What new political party emerged as the result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Republican Party
Free Soil
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Know Nothing Party
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Who did the Southern Democrats nominate to run for President in 1860?
John C. Breckinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
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Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
John C. Fremont
Stephen A. Douglas
Daniel Webster
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Who did the Northern Democrats nominate to run for President in 1860?
John Bell
Stephen A. Douglas
John C. Breckinridge
Abraham Lincoln
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How did the South react to Harriet Beecher Stowe's book in 1852?
It was loved in the South.
It was a hit in the South.
It was read by many in the South.
It was banned in the South.
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Who won the Election of 1860?
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
John Bell
John C. Breckinridge
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What impact did the Fugitive Slave Act have on white Northerners?
Northerners could be fined or jailed if they helped men
Northerners could be fined or jailed if they helped women
Northerners could be fined or jailed if they helped Whigs
Northerners could be fined or jailed if they helped slaves
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What event on the floor of the Senate in 1856 shocked the country?
The caning of Daniel Webster by Preston Brookes.
The caning of Jefferson Davis by Preston Brookes.
The caning of Henry Clay by Preston Brookes.
The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brookes.
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Nominated by Democrats to run for president in 1856
Daniel Webster
John C. Fremont
Roger B. Taney
James Buchanan
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Senator of Kentucky who created the Compromise of 1820 and is known as the "Great Compromiser"
Henry Clay
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
Daniel Webster
13
Named President of the Confederate States of America
James Buchanan
Stephen A. Douglas
Roger B. Taney
Jefferson Davis
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An 1846 proposal that outlawed slavery in any territory gained from the war with Mexico
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Secede
to join
to stay the same
to ignore
to withdraw
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an 1856 supreme court case in which a slave sued for his freedom
Dred Scott vs. Sandford
Roger B. Taney
John C. Fremont
John Brown
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the confederation formed in 1861 by the southern states after their secession from the Union
The Southern States of America
The Land of Cotton
The States of Dixie
Confederate States of America
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a system in which the people rule; a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue
Abolition Movement
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Popular Sovereignty
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law that created Kansas and Nebraska and gave them the right to decide to allow slavery or not
Kansas-Nebraska Rule
Kansas-Nebraska Law
Kansas-Nebraska Decision
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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What happened to the Whig Party as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
still exist
became stronger
end of Whig Party
stayed the same
