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What caused the Civil War? #americanhistory
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"Bleeding Kansas" earned its name from clashes over what?
the Dred Scott decision
religious differences
slavery
land ownership
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Abolitionist who led the attack on the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Jefferson Davis
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the crisis over the Missouri Compromise exposed the
trade imbalances that result from protective tariffs
dangers of excessive nationalism
growing sectionalism over the issue of slavery
nation's weak foreign policy
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What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?
it banned slavery in the North
it offered freed slaves western land to live in freedom
It provided safe havens for escaped slaves
it ordered the return of escaped slaves to their owners
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Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
the North no longer wanted it in the Union
Lincoln stated that he wanted to support slavery
they believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery
The Crittenden Compromise failed
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Plan that allowed California into the Union as slave state, and questioned Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Popular Sovereignty
Compromise of 1850
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The election of 1860 showed the North and South were not working together because
Lincoln won 60% of the electoral vote
Lincoln won without a single Southern electoral vote
Lincoln won 40% of the popular vote
Lincoln vowed to abolish slavery in the South
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What did the Compromise of 1850 include?
Slavery ended in Washington DC
Congress would abolish the Fugitive Slave Act
Texas would gain New Mexico for $10 million
California admitted as a free state
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Name given to Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia
Mid Atlantic States
Border states
States in Rebellion
Southern states
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What drew a line north of which new states would be free, and south of which would be slave?
Missouri Compromise
American System
Monroe Doctrine
Marbury v. Madison
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Many northern whites objected to slavery because they believed it
violated principles of the Christian religion
made southern whites lazy
made the South better off than the North
made the South politically stronger than the North
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Why did many southerners criticize northern business owners?
they refused to hire African Americans
they tried to control their workers' lives
they assumed personal responsibility for their workers
they didn't care about their workers
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What did the Supreme Court uphold in the Dred Scott decision?
slave owners couldn't take slaves to free states
the government should protect the slave owner, not the slave
slavery was unconstitutional
the slave trade should be abolished in Washington DC
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Under popular sovereignty, the decision whether or not to allow slavery in a territory was
made by the voters of the territory
made by the President
made by the Supreme Court
made by Congress
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This was a person who wanted the South to leave the Union
Northerner
secessionist
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
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Nation created by states of the Lower South when they seceded from the Union
Confederate States of America
South America
United Confederation of States
United States of America
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Which of the following caused the outbreak of the Civil War?
the attack at Fort Sumter
The popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin
the growth of the anti-slavery movement
The Dred Scott decision
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What was the greatest impact of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry?
the govt. allowed to let state govts. decide slavery issues
the raid deepened divisions between North and South
Northerners and Southerners reached a "cease fire"
the raid caused the decline of the Whig party
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By attacking the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, John Brown hoped to
capture runaway slaves
start the Civil War
start a slave uprising
promote the southern cause
20
Elected President in 1860, his election caused the South to leave the Union
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Jefferson Davis
Franklin Pierce
21
In 1860 and 1861, seven southern states left the Union in protest of what?
the brutal beating of Charles Sumner in the Senate
the Dred Scott decision
election of Republican Abraham Lincoln as President
the federal government's refusal to punish John Brown
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Letting people of a territory decide whether to allow slavery in their area
Popular Sovereignty
Voting
Referendum
Compromise
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an unfavorable opinion of another person or group
hatred
love
indifference
prejudice
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Slave who sued for his freedom, claiming he should be free since he lived in a free state
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Sojourner Truth
Dred Scott
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Law that ordered all citizens to help in the return of runaway slaves
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Which of these were nullified (reversed) by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Crittenden Compromise
idea of popular sovereignty
personal liberties laws
Missouri Compromise
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act gave Kansas voters the right to do what?
give women the vote
establish two capitals
organize Emigrant Aid societies
choose or reject slavery
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Abolitionists believed that slavery
threatened unskilled workers in the North
worked better than a free labor system
belonged only in the Southern states
was morally wrong and wanted to end it
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How was the issue of slavery decided in territory ceded by Mexico?
Mexico required that the territory remain free
the new states' constitutions permitted slavery
Residents exercised popular sovereignty
Congress declared the territory free
