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Events leading up to the Civil War
Events leading up to the Civil War
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1
What was the name of the political party dedicated to stopping the expansion of slavery?
The Democratic Party
The Free Soil Party
The Tea Party
The Bull Moose Party
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What was the name of the bill proposed to outlaw slavery in any territory the US might acquire from the war with Mexico?
The Anti-Slavery Laws
The Wilmot Proviso
The Compromise of 1850
The Emancipation Proclamation
3
What was the law to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves?
The Dred Scott Law
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Nat Turner Act
The Runaway Slave Laws
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What was the name of the event that led to John Brown's eventual arrest and hanging?
Pottawatomie Massacre
The Civil War
Bleeding Kansas
Harpers Ferry
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What was the name given to the violence that broke out as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska act?
The Battle of Gettysburg
The War Between the States
Bleeding Kansas
Bloody Sunday
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What political party was Abraham Lincoln a part of?
Democratic-Republican
Democratic
Republican
Free Soil
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Bleeding Sumner refers to
The senseless beating of a U.S. senator by a pro-slavery supporter
Record breaking temperatures in the South
the use of leeches to purify a patient's blood
the amputation of Charles Sumner's arm after being beaten
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What state was the Compromise of 1850 mostly about?
Maine
California
Missouri
Texas
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What was the name of the series of laws that tried to maintain balance between slave and free states?
Jim Crow Laws
3/5 Compromise
Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Act
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How did the North and South differ in the 1840s?
The North supported slavery and the South didn't
The North was agricultural, the South was industrial
The North was industrial, the South was agricultural
The North had twice as many states as the South
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What was the name of the extreme abolitionist that wanted to see the destruction of slavery?
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
James Buchanan
Dred Scott
12
Which of the following states did not secede from the Union?
Illinois
Texas
Alabama
Mississippi
13
What was the name of the book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the realities of slavery?
A Christmas Carol
Uncle Tom's Cabin
12 Years a Slave
Harriet Tubman
14
What is popular sovereignty?
A popular energy drink enjoyed during the Civil War
a system where residents of a territory vote to decide an issue
a voting system where the winner takes all
the same concept as Jacksonian Democracy
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What was Abraham Lincoln's stance on slavery?
He didn't really care as long as slaves were treated with kindness
He would not abolish it in the south, but would not expand it
He despised it and promised to stop it throughout the nation
He strongly supported slavery
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Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
17
What was the name of the president of the Confederacy?
Robert E. Lee
Dred Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
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Banning slavery in newly-acquired territories was
allowed because of property rights protected by the 5th amendment
allowed because of natural rights of the 2nd amendment
prohibited because of natural rights protected by the 2nd amendment
prohibited because of property rights protected by the 5th amendment
19
What year did Lincoln first win the presidency?
1860
1856
1858
1864
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What was the Supreme Court case regarding a runaway slave who sued for his own freedom?
Brown v. Board of Education
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Plessy v. Ferguson
Gideon v. Wainwright
