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Unit 8: Causes of the Civil War
Unit 8: Causes of the Civil War
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The pictured invention is blamed for bringing the slave experience to it's lowest depths.
The Spinning Jenny
The Steam Engine
The Cotton Gin
Interchangable Parts
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This political party was dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery.
Republican Party
Bull Moose Party
Whig Party
Democratic Party
3
This man tried to arm slaves by raiding the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, who is he?
Stephen Douglas
Dred Scott
John Brown
Fredrick Douglass
4
The geography of the northern region of the United States effected it's economic abilities due to,
long cold winters and rocky soil.
long hot summers and fertile soil.
warm humid summers and flooding plains.
swampy lands and short cool summers.
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Increasing the demand for slaves was the _ consequence with the invention of the cotton gin.
intended
unintended
unmentioned
planned
6
This region of the United States focused on business and industry as it's main economic systems
Southwest Territory
Northwest Territory
Southern region
Northern region
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The idea of popular sovereignty was established with...
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Lincoln-Douglas debates
Compromise of 1850
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This region of the United States focused on agriculture and cash corps as it's main economic system.
Northern region
Southern region
Northwest Territory
Oregon Territory
9
Law made California a free state, ended the slave trade in the capital (D.C.) & created a stricter fugitive slave law.
The Wilmot Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
The Ft. Sumter Act
The Missouri Compromise
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The _ region of the United States depended on agriculture & cash crops as the mainstay of it's economy.
South
North
Northwest Territory
Oregon Territory
11
As part of the Dred Scott decision and Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act...
set up roadblocks where anyone could be searched withouth warrant.
set up hiding places for slaves to use while trying to escape.
got rid of the reward system for returning runaway slaves.
required people to report runaway slaves.
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The Second Middle Passage refers to the slave trade
within the United States
forcing slaves to have families
passing of "Black Codes"
trading slaves back to Africa
13
What did Lincoln tell the nation in his first inagural address?
He will wait for his second term before he tries to out law slavery.
He will leave slavery in the states that already have it.
He will fulfill his promise to abolish slavery.
He'll expand slavery to all newly acquired territories obtained from Mexico
14
This man was denied his freedom even though his owner had moved to a free state.
John Brown
Dred Scott
Michael Scott
Fredrick Douglass
15
The "civil war" located in Kansas was also known as...
Burning Kansas
Bleeding Nebraska
Bloody Kansas
John Brown's War
16
These are people who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to end it
abolitionists
authors
rebels
Calvinists
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Slave codes prevented teaching slaves to read or write because owners were afraid...
slaves would pass messages about escape routes.
slaves would pass recipies to make better meals than owners
slaves would become smareter than them.
slaves would begin writing newspapers.
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This event sparked fighting between the North and South.
Attack on Ft. Sumter.
Execution of John Brown
John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry.
Pottawatomie Massacre
19
This book written in Cincinnati, tells about the lives of slave and makes Americans care more about slavery?
To Purge This Land with Blood: A Biography of John Brown
The Life and Times of Fredrick Douglass
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
20
This escaped slave joined the abolitionist movement and spoke publicly about the terrors of slavery.
Nat Turner
John Brown
Dred Scott
Fredrick Douglass
21
Which government body declared that slaves were were not citizens and could not sue for their rights?
Congress
House of Representatives
Supreme Court
Senate
22
Which of the following was NOT part of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine became a free state.
Created a line where future free and slave states can exist.
made all staes east of the Mississippi River vote to continue slavery.
Missouri became a slave state.
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This proposal looked to prohibit slavery in new territory in the west.
Indecent Proposal
Mexican Cessession
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The Missouri Compromise was eliminated by the passage of
the Compromise of 1850.
the Fugitive Slave Act.
the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
the Dred Scott case.
