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| Senator from South Carolina who opposed the Compromise of 1850 |
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| As part of the Compromise of 1850, where was slave trade banned? |
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| The territory where proslavery and antislavery settlers fought for control...leading to a Civil War in this territory. |
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| Who supported John Brown? |
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| Who was the Illinois candidate for the Senate who argued against the spread of slavery? |
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| Why did Southerners attack Fort Sumter? |
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| Because they believed war was inevitable and they also did not want the Fort to get supplies. |
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| Why did Southerners secede from the Union? |
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| They feared that Lincoln and the Republicans would abolish slavery. |
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| Which candidate took a stand against slavery during the Lincoln-Douglas debates? |
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| How was the election of 1860 decided? |
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| Regional attitudes about the expansion of slavery was the biggest deciding factor. |
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| What was the Wilmot Proviso and why was it important? |
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| The Wilmot Proviso stated that all of the land acquired from the war with Mexico would remain free. It is important because it helped form the Republican party, and made the South very concerned the North might try to end slavery. |
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| This act allowed settlers in the territories to decide whether to allow slavery. |
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| Who was Fredrick Douglas? |
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| A former slave who escaped and became an abolitionist. He believed that more people across the North would try to abolish slavery after the Dred Scott decision. |
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| Who led a raid on U.S. Army weapons stored at Harpers Ferry? |
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| idea that people in a territory or state vote directly on issues |
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| Who proposed the Compromise of 1850? |
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| What was the goal of the Republican Party? |
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| to stop the expansion of slavery |
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| Why were Southerners so upset about the addition of California into the Union? |
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| Because it would upset the balance of power between free and slave states in the Senate. |
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| Who was the Republican Party's first presidential candidate? |
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| false or misleading information that is spread to further a cause |
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| What Southern Senator stated that Southern states right were more important than preserving the Union? |
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| What affect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Missouri Compromise? |
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| It did away with the Missouri Compromise |
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| Why did the Dred Scott decision make Northerners angry? |
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| Because it made all the territory in the west open to slavery including land that was previously free. |
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| Who was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott case? |
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| What happen soon after Lincoln was elected? |
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| 7 Southern states seceded from the Union |
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| What was the worst part of the Compromise of 1850? Explain why. |
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| What was Abraham Lincoln's views on slavery? |
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| He did not want it to expand further west. |
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| The first state to secede from the Union |
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| What battle started the Civil War? |
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| The attack on Fort Sumter |
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| Who was chosen as the President of the Confederacy? |
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| What was the name of the country the Southern states formed? |
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| Confederate States of America |
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| This presidential candidate in 1860 was Lincoln's rival. He believed slavery should be decided by popular sovereignty. |
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| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? |
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| Who was responsible for helping pass the Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
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| Who led an antislavery attack against proslavery settlers in Kansas? |
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| Who is the President of the United States |
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| U.S. Representative from Ohio for the 12th District |
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| U.S. Speaker of the House |
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| State Senator of the 19th District |
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| Vice President of the United States |
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| Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
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| U.S. Senator from Ohio (Republican) |
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| U.S. Senator from Ohio (Democrat) |
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| State Senator of the 19th District |
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| U.S. Secretary of Defense |
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| State Representative for Delaware County |
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