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Crittenden's compromise failed to pass the Republican-controlled Congress. |
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Lincoln won the election of 1860 with over sixty percent of the popular vote. |
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Abraham Lincoln believed Congress should abolish slavery in the south. |
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Stephen A. Douglas almost sacrificed his political career when he courageously opposed a fraudulent proslavery constitution in Kansas. |
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In an attempt to divert attention from the sectional controversy, Buchanan tried to wage war against the Mormons in Utah. |
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Chief Justice Roger Taney argued that the Constitution did not recognize blacks as citizens, even if they were free. |
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Anger over the Pottawatomie Massacre helped to rally support for abolition. |
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Abolitionists were primarily responsible for the violence in "Bleeding Kansas." |
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Southerners were outraged when a Southern representative beat up a Northern senator in the Senate chamber. |
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During the presidential elections in the 1850s most voters favored compromise on the slavery issue. |
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Throughout the 1850s the Democrats appealed only to the South. |
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act is largely responsible for the cirtual civil war in "Bleeding Kansas." |
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The Republican party's appeal was limited to the North. |
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By 1860 nearly half of all white Southerners owned slaves. |
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The purpose of the Underground Railroad was to escort fugitive slaves safely through the South to the North. |
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Over two million slaves received freedom through the Underground Railroad. |
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Thousands of slaves were returned to their owners under the unpopular Fugitive Slave Law. |
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The Democrats lost the election of 1852 by a landslide because they supported the Compromise of 1850. |
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Most forty-niners remained in California even though their search for instand wealth proved fruitless. |
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The discovery of gold on Sutter's rance made him an instant millionaire. |
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The South opposed the right of new states to ban slavery. |
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The South used its power in the Senate to block the Wilmot Proviso each time it passed in the House. |
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The Civil War was an "irrepressible conflict" that grew naturally out of the divisions of the 1850s. |
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| Where was the first shot fired in the Civil War? |
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| What term refers to a state's leaving the Union? |
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| What state unanimously passed the Ordinance of Secession? |
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| What party was created in 1860 by conservative Northerners and Southerners who wanted to preserve the Union? |
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| Constitutional Union party |
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| What fanatic became an abolitionist "martyr" when he was hanged for treason? |
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| What federal arsenal was attacked in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt? |
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| What two Illinois politicians held seven influential debates on the issue of slavery? |
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| Who masterminded the Pottawatomie Massacre? |
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| During what infamous episode did a Southern representative beat an antislavery senator in the Senate chamber? |
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| What free-state town in Kansas was sacked by proslavery ruffians? |
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| What territory was subjected to bloody fighting between antislavery "free-staters" and proslavery "border ruffians"? |
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| What sectional party appealed to a broad following by opposing slavery and supporting tariffs and inexpensive land? |
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| What do we call the radical Southerners who believed that secession was the only way to protect their way of life? |
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| What powerful novel aroused public opinion against slavery? |
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| What escape route did fugitive slaves use to pass through the Northern states? |
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| What compromise was necessary before California could be admitted as a free state? |
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| What rich region attracted so many people that it applied for statehood without becoming a territory? |
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| What were the gold-seekers called who first arrived in California? |
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| What party had the slogan "Free Soil, Free Speech, Free Labor, and Free Men"? |
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| What even caused the upper South to secede? |
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| Lincoln's call for troops |
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| What event caused the lower South to secede? |
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| Who was not among the candidates for president in the crucial election of 1960? |
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| What was probably the greatest factor in Lincoln's election? |
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| a split within the Democratic party |
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| According to Lincoln, what was at the heart of his debate with Douglas? |
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| Whose famous speech quoted Christ's words that "a house divided against itself cannot stand?" |
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| What was the basic position of the Freeport Doctrine? |
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| Territories can prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt laws that establish it. |
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| Which event was not associated with "Bleeding Kansas"? |
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| Proslavery forces were responsible for the... |
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Which of the following men was an abolitionist?
-John Brown
-Henry Clay
-Jefferson Davis
-Roger Taney |
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Which of the following was not a standard Republical position?
-antislavery
-protarrif
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-popular sovereignty |
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| What party became the real successor of the Whig party? |
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| The Kansas-Nebraska Act was introduced to... |
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| ensure that the transcontinental railroad would benefit Illinois |
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| What was provavly the most effective propaganda tool for abolition? |
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| Which provision of the Compromise of 1850 actually worsened tensions between the North and the South? |
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| According to Daniel Webster, why was the debate over slavery in the new territories needless? |
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| The climate of the new territories cannot support slavery. |
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| Who was the strongest opponent of the Comprovise of 1850? |
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| What was not a provision of the Compromise of 1850? |
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| passage of the transcontinental railroad through Illinois |
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| What state was admitted to the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850? |
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| The South resisted the admission of California as a state because Southerners... |
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| feared the loss of power in the Senate |
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| early gold hunters in California |
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| What was the greatest spur to American settlement of California? |
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| What short-lived party arose in 1848 to oppose the spread of slavery? |
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| What position was offered as a compromise between the abolitionists and proslavery Southerners? |
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| Popular sovereignty said that slavery... |
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| can be banned in a territory only by a vote of the people. |
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| The Calhoun Resolutions said that slavery... |
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| cannot be banned until a territory becomes a state |
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| The Wilmot Proviso said that slavery... |
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| must be banned in all new territories |
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| What was the earliest controversy in the steady slide toward civil war? |
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What caused the lower South to secede?
What caused the upper South to secede? |
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| What were the basic positions of Lincoln and Douglas in their famous debates? |
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| Why was the Dred Scott decision significant? |
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| What three events in 1856 helped to focus national attention on "Bleeding Kansas"? |
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Why was the Kansas-Nebraska Act proposed?
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| What were the abolitionists' primary sources of propaganda during the 1850s? |
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| p. 267-69, 272-73, 278-79 |
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| List four of the five provisions of the Compromise of 1850. |
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| What were the three most common views of the status of slavery in the territories? |
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