Chapter 15: Toward Civil War

Question 1

The unofficial network of routes that Abolitionists used in order to help runaway slaves escape

Accepted Answer

Underground Railroad

Question 2

Was chosen as the Confederate States of America's president...

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Jefferson Davis

Question 3

Who was the senator from Kentucky who proposed amendments to ease sectional tensions?

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John Crittenden

Question 4

Northern Forces attacked Fort Sumter.

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False, False

Question 5

The act of a state withdrawing from the Union is known as...

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secession

Question 6

Action that Lincoln wants to do in his inaugural address.

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"Preserve the Union"

Question 7

This attack would mark the beginning of the Civil War.

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Attack on Fort Sumter

Question 8

The Supreme Court stated that Dred Scott be granted his freedom.

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False

Question 9

The "Fugitive Slave Act" was included in this piece of legislation.

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Compromise of 1850

Question 10

Republicans felt that slavery should not be disturbed, but be ______ from the West Territories.

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excluded

Question 11

Chief Justice who presided over the Dred Scott decision was...

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Roger B. Taney

Question 12

The Confederate States of America secede before Lincoln becomes president.

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False

Question 13

The Compromise of 1850 entered ______ as a "free" state and ______ as a "slave" state.

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California, Texas

Question 14

This "Act" would lead to the era known as "Bleeding Kansas"

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 15

This man believed that God had chosen him to end slavery.

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John Brown

Question 16

Anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats joined together to create the _____ party.

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Republican

Question 17

___ _____ was the first state to secede from the Union.

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South Carolina

Question 18

Many Northern soldiers were killed during the attack on Fort Sumter.

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False, False

Question 19

This allows citizens within a state to vote directly on an issue

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popular sovereignty

Question 20

Series of discussions that gave Abraham Lincoln a positive reputation as a politician.

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Lincoln-Douglas Debates

Question 21

Forced strict rules on returning escaped slaves to slave owners.

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Fugitive Slave Act

Question 22

Pro-Slavery citizens of Missouri who intimidated Anti-Slavery citizens of Kansas, known as...

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Border Ruffians

Question 23

Lincoln sent supplies to this fort. Jefferson Davis ordered an attack before supplies recieved

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Fort Sumter

Question 24

By February in 1861, 7 states seceded to create the ...

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Confederate States of America

Question 25

Was seen as a martyr for leading a failed slave revolt at Harper's Ferry.

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John Brown

Chapter 15: Toward Civil War

Questions 25

Chapter 15: Toward Civil War

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