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Chapter 16 Causes of the Civil War
Chapter 16 Causes of the Civil War
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What did Lincoln believe during the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
He saw no reason for being half-slave and half-free.
Dred Scott should be freed.
slavery should be abolished.
Slavery was a moral, not a legal issue.
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Many Southerners supported the Compromise of 1850 because it
provided for the return of fugitive slaves
provided that Southern way of life would be protected
made the # of free and slave states equal
legalized slavery in all newly acquired territories
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Why did the Confederates attack Ft. Sumter?
felt Fort should be destroyed so no one could use it
didn't want a fort named Sumter to be part of Confederacy
thought runaway slaves were hiding there
felt war was inevitable and wanted to start it on their terms
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Kansas - Nebraska Act of 1854
allowed Kansas territory to decide on being free or slave
made the issue of slavery more personal for Northeners
showed that slavery was not just a political issue but moral
pleased the southern states who had threatened to secede
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What is sectionalism?
Putting your region ahead of the nation.
Putting the nation ahead of your state.
Putting the nation ahead of your region.
Putting your state ahead of the nation.
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The Border states were
states that refused to join a side
slave states that stayed loyal to the Union
slaves states that freed their slaves to join the union
slave states that seceded & joined the Confederate States
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What did the Free-Soil Party want?
They wanted to forbid the use of Round Up weed killer.
They wanted to prevent the expansion of slavery into the west.
They wanted the homesteads in the west to be free property.
Every freed slave to be gifted 5 acres of land to farm.
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What was the “Bleeding Kansas” in 1856?
Reaction to the U.S. ruling against Dred Scott
Conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers
Attacks on job-seeking Irish immigrants
Fighting between pro-slavery & anti-slavery
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Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Hermione Granger
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Frederick Douglas
Harriet Melville
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Causes of Civil War
sectionalism, slavery, states rights
secession, tariffs, emancipation
taxation without representation
lexington & concord
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How did the Dred Scott decision increase sectionalism?
Both Northerners and Southerners hated it
Northerners hated it, Southerners used it to justify slavery
Southerners hated it, Northerners used it to justify slavery
Both Northerners and Southerners loved it
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What were the effects of Uncle Toms Cabin?
Healed the problem of slaves.
Caused more slave labour.
Killed more slaves.
Increased the differences between the North and the South.
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John Brown was a radical _______________.
soldier
slave
abolitionist
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Border ruffians from Missouri wreaked havoc in which state's elections?
California
Montana
Kansas
New York
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South Carolina, Louisiana, and Texas were among the first states who seceded and formed what?
Confederation of the United Sates
Confederation Articles
Confederacy Union
Confederate States of America
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Lincoln-Douglas Debates
Law for how states would be brought into the U. S
Political debates for the Senate in Illinois.
A person who flees or tries to escape from captivity
conflict over the choice to be a free state.
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Which two amendments overturned the Dred Scott decision?(challenge question)
24 & 26
13 & 14
13 & 19
14 & 15
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Who won the election of 1860?
Stephen Douglas
Andrew Johnson
Alexander Hamilton
Abraham Lincoln
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What happened to Charles Sumner?
lost the presidential election
Invented the Sumner Sandwich
Helped the Underground Railroad
Was beaten with a cane for giving a abolitionists speech
20
John Brown hated _______________.
Mac and Cheese
the United States
slavery
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How did the North feel about the Fugitive Slave act?
They made laws to go along with it
They understood that law and agreed with it
They felt the law was fair
They felt it was a violation of their beliefs and opposed it
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Who attacked Charles Sumner?
John Brown
Severus Snape
Preston Brooks
John Crittenden
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What was the primary reason why seven states seceded from the Union in 1860-61?
To protest the Kansas-Nebraska Act
To protest the election of Abraham Lincoln as President
To condemn the caning of Charles Sumner in the Senate
To express their opposition to the Dred Scott decision
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Popular sovereignty =
Ruler of the military.
The most popular person at school.
No voting.
People have power because they vote.
25
True or false: the Wilmont Proviso was passed.
False
True
26
What banned the slave trade in Washington DC?
The Civil Rights Act of 1965
The Missouri Compromise
Emancipation Proclamation
The Compromise of 1850
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Which of the following was an outcome of the Dred Scott v. Sanford decision?
both
African American were not citizens
none
Missouri Compromise was rules unconstitutional
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The Compromise of 1850 was written...
so that it would easily pass through both houses of Congress
to heavily favor the South
to heavily favor the North
to settle major disagreements btwn free & slave states
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What happened at Ft. Sumter?
where final shots of Civil Ware were fired
started General Sherman's March to the Sea
where first shots of the Civil War were fired
Confederate General Lee surrendered
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Why did the South secede?
to protect slavery
they didn't feel like going to Washington DC anymore
to protest slavery
because Stephen Douglas was elected president
31
Supreme Court judge in Dred Scott case
Jackson
Warren
Taney
Marshall
32
Lincoln’s inaugural speech
said his commitment not to interfere with slavery where it already existed
made no comments about the issue of slavery
made the Emancipation Proclamation
stated that slavery must come to an end in the Union
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During Lincoln-Douglas debates, what did Lincoln warn?
A house divided cannot stand
The north will start a war
Slavery is lawful and morally correct
speak softly and carry a big stick
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry demonstrated that
slavery was a political issue and a moral issue
the issue of slavery was more personal for Northeners
killing slave owners wouldn't bring an end to slavery
Kansas territory could decide on being free or slave
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In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that
Congress had no power to ban slavery from a territory
all of the above
the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
Dred Scott was not a citizen of the U.S.
