Federal government placed tariffs on European goods because

the South was not buying more expensive goods from the North

What is the Georgia Platform?

GA agrees to the Compromise of 1850

NOT an effect of the Compromise of 1850

Missouri entered Union as a slave state

NOT an effect of the John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry

Slaves escaped to North during the slave revolt

Which of these events happened first?

7 states seceded from the Union

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Causes of the Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War from Missouri Compromise of 1820 to attack on Fort Sumter 1861 #civilwar #causesofthecivilwar

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State that entered the Union as a free state in 1850
Kentucky
California
Nebraska
Missouri
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Federal government placed tariffs on European goods because
the South was not buying more expensive goods from the North
the European goods were not high quality
the North was not buying more expensive goods from the South
European leaders had criticized the institution of slavery
3
"Last straw" - in the South's eyes
Abraham Lincoln's election
John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry
Bleeding Kansas
The Dred Scott decision
4
John Brown and his sons killed 5 men and boys at a proslavery settlement during this "event"
Underground Railroad
Bleeding Kansas
Raid at Harper's Ferry
The Compromise of 1850
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Politician who believed popular sovereignty would end slavery question
Charles Sumner
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
Daniel Webster
6
Thought slavery would die out on its own, if it were contained to the existing slave states
Jefferson Davis
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
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State that used popular sovereignty to decide quesion of slavery
Kansas
Michigan
California
Virginia
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Which occurred first?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown's attack on a proslavery settlement in KS
Pro- and anti-slavery settlers flood into Kansas territory
Dred Scott v. Sanford decision
9
What is the Georgia Platform?
GA agrees to the Missouri Compromise
GA agrees to abide by the Fugitive Slave Act
GA agrees to the Compromise of 1850
GA agrees to support Stephen Douglas in election of 1860
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NOT an effect of the Compromise of 1850
Citizens required to report suspected fugitive slaves
Popular sovereignty in the new territories of KS and NE
Slave trade abolished in Washington, DC
Missouri entered Union as a slave state
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Novel that stirred anti-slavery sentiment in the North
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Harriet Tubman's biography
12 Years a Slave
Uncle Bob's Cabin
12
NOT an effect of the John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry
Southerner outraged at Northern reaction
John Brown was executed
Northerners hailed John Brown as a hero
Slaves escaped to North during the slave revolt
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NOT an abolitionist
John C. Calhoun
John Brown
Charles Sumner
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Thought states' rights were more important that the Union
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
Daniel Webster
15
GA politician who arugued to stay in the Union
Alexander Stephens
Preston Brooks
Charles Sumner
John C. Calhoun
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State that entered the Union as free state in 1820
Nebraska
California
Maine
Missouri
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Political party created to prevent slavery in territory gained in the Mexican-American War
Republican Party
Whig Party
Free Soil Party
Democratic Party
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Law nullified by the Dred Scott decision
Abolition Act of 1848
Missouri Compromise - 1820
Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise of 1850
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First state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Kentucky
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Gave the "house divided" speech
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
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Does NOT describe John Brown
pacifist
religious zealot
abolitionist
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Wrote a book about the cruelties of slavery
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
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Statesmen who wanted to compromise on slavery
John C. Calhoun and David Wilmot
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster
John C. Calhoun and Daniel Webster
Henry Clay and Preston Brooks
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When the Whig party split, northern Whigs chose this new anti-slavery party
Republican Party
Constitutional Union Party
Democratic Party
Abolitionist Party
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The only president of the Confederacy
Alexander Stephens
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
John C. Calhoun
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Which of these events happened first?
Abe Lincoln reassured South in his inaugural speech
7 states seceded from the Union
Confederacy established a Constitution
Ft. Sumter was attacked

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