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Events Leading to the Civil War
Events Leading to the Civil War
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What did the Dredd Scott Decision decide?
Slaves were property down South but people up North
Nullification was possibile in the case of a slave's freedom
Slaves were property, not people
A slave who moved to a free state would be considered free
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Where was John Brown's Raid?
Washington, D.C.
Fort McHenry
District of Columbia
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
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Election of 1860
Lincoln was elected president which caused the Southern states to secede.
Abrahm Lincoln ran on a platform of protecting slavery
Lincoln promised to end slavery in the US
Abraham Lincoln was unanimously elected president of the US
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Who won the election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Alexander Hamilton
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The Fugitive Slave Act
allowed the Kansas territory to decide to be free or slave
a Supreme Court ruling that African Am'ns weren't citizens
made the issue of slavery more personal for Northerners
showed that slavery was not just political but a moral issue
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Fugitive Slave Act:
You must have a warrant to recapture escaped slaves
escaped slaves can be recaptured and returned to their "owners".
Escaped slaves are free, you cannot pursue them
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Nat Turner
Supreme Court decision that declared slaves were property
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin
Led a violent raid on the Federal armory
Led rebellion that killed over 60 white people
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Harriet Beecher Stowe authored this book released in 1852
My bondage, My Freedom
The Bible
Uncle Toms Cabin
A Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass
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John Brown hoped to
Start a slave rebellion in the South
Expand the Underground Railroad to South Carolina
Spread slavery to Kansas
Tempt Virginia to secede
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Compromise of 1850
Favoring native-born people over immigrants
Kansas and Nebraska decide if they will be slave or free
People in territories make the decision to admit slaverly
California enters free & strict fugitive slave law
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What happened to John Brown after the raid?
He was sent to prison for life.
He was shot to death during the raid.
Captured, but was eventually set free by Abraham Lincoln.
He was taken captive and hanged to death.
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Frederick Douglass..
First to die in Civil War.
Was a self-educated slave who published the "North Star".
Was a white abolitionist.
Published "The Liberator".
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William Lloyd Garrison pledged his dedication to
preventing expansion of slavery beyond the South
immediate abolition of slavery in the South
outlawing the slave trade
shipping free blacks back to Africa
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Nat Turner
Published Abolitionist newspaper
Wanted nonviolent end to slavery
Fought in American Revolution
Led slave revolt
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Dredd Scott
Former Slave who sued for his freedom in the Supreme Court.
Union solider
Plantation owner
A runaway slave who died
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John Brown led a raid or attack on _______________.
a federal arsenal -
a federal restaurant
a courthouse
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Frederick Douglass used what skill to fight against slavery?
Building ships
Making speeches
Working on a railroad
All of the above
