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13 - Causes of the Civil War
13 - Causes of the Civil War
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What was “Bleeding Kansas”?
reaction to the Dred Scott decision
conflict between cattle ranchers and farmers
violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery forces
blood shortage in Kansas hospitals
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Why did Stowe write Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
In response to the war with Mexico
In response to California becoming a state
In response to the Fugitive Slave Law
In response to the Missouri Compromise
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What did Lincoln promise when he was elected president?
Not to disrupt slavery in slave states
To industrialize the Southern economy
To lower taxes
To end slavery everywhere
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Who led a slave uprising in the South in 1831 where 57 white people were killed.
Fredrick Douglass
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
John Brown
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Federal law in 1850 that said that anyone helping fugitive slaves would be punished.
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Compromise of 1850
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In the Dred Scott decision the Supreme Court ruled that
Slaves are property and slavery could exist in all of the US
Slavery should end immediately
Slavery could only exit in the South
Dred Scott should no longer be a slave
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Sectionalism means
to divide territories into sections
to study part of something
to allow citizens a chance to vote on issues to decide them
extreme loyalty to a certain part or region of the nation
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The Liberator
The Fugitive
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When cotton was King, who led the economy and society of the South?
large landowners
slaves
Inventors
industrial leaders
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1. Missouri = Slave, 2. Maine = Free, 3. No slavery above 36’ 30
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Who was Harriet Tubman?
Author of the Liberator
Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Inventor of the washtub
Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
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What was the abolitionist's main goal?
To gain the right to vote for women
To open more public schools in the South
To stop new territory from becoming states
To end slavery immediately
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Why did Dred Scott claim he should be free?
Since he had the money to buy his freedom
Since he lived in a free state he should be free
Because he was born free, kidnapped, and made a slave
Because his wife was free
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What invention had the effect of increasing the number of slaves in the South?
cotton gin
railroad
steel plow
textile factory
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1. CA = free 2. Pop. Sov. in South West 3. No slave trade in Washington 4. Stronger slave laws
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
