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Causes of Civil War
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Westward expansion, Mexican American War, Slavery, and Causes of the Civil War.
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The CONFEDERACY referred to which group during the Civil War?
The Southern States
The Border States
The United States
The Northern States
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A person, either black or white, who worked to end slavery in the United States
Refugee
Escaped Slave
Freedom Fighter
Abolitionist
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To withdraw membership from a country or organization.
Rebel
Secede
War
Exit
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Allowed Nebraska and Kansas territories "popular sovereignty" over slavery
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Popular Sovereignty
The legislative branch passing a law
Decision making power belonging to the people
People voting for the President of the US
Federal government deciding on an issue
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The UNION referred to which group during the Civil War
Western States
The Northern States
Confederate States
The Southern States
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A war fought between citizens of the same country
International War
Civil War
In-Country Conflict
Countryside War
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Admitted California to the Union as a free state & allowed "popular sovereignty" in territories
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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The compromise that admitted to the Union Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
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The most important cash crop grown on slave plantations in the South was
Cotton
Wheat
Sugar
Rice
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A large farm that used slave labor to grow cash crops
Subsistence farming
Agriculture
Factory Farm
Plantation
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The 1850 law requiring people in all states to turn in run-away slaves or face fines/jail
Fugitive Slave Act
Runaway Slave Law
Free State Obedience Act
Free Slave Act
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The 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln was controversial because...
He was assassinated before he could take office
He wasn't from a Southern state
He won only 38% of the popular vote and no Southern states
He started the Civil War
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Why was it important to keep an equal balance between free and slave states?
So that everyone in the country would be happy
To keep an event number of votes in the Senate for each side
The 12th Amendment to the US Constitution said they had to
