Causes of the Civil War

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Popular Sovereignty

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the ability for people living in a territory to decide whether or not to have slavery as part of their state government

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The Wilmot Proviso called for

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Slavery should be banned in all new territories

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Who came up with the Compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book Uncle Tom’s Cabin anger the South?

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It didn't show an accurate account of what slavery was like.

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People from this state snuck into Kansas to fix the election: Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Alabama

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Missouri

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This man was seen as a martyr by the North and thought God told him to free the slaves:
Options: Stephen Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Henry Clay

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John Brown

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Which of the following was included in the Compromise of 1850?

• The Fugitive Slave Act
• California would be a free state
• Slave trade in Washington DC was banned

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all of the answers

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This man was beaten with a cane for a fiery speech he gave in Congress: Andrew Butler, Charles Sumner, Abraham Lincoln, Dred Scott

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Charles Sumner

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Dred Scott was:

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A slave who sued for his freedom

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When Kansas first became a state, this was the result: Free, Slave, all of the answers, none of the answers

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Slave