Causes of the Civil War

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The Missouri Compromise tried to maintain the balance between slave states and free states.

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True

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Who was a violent opponent of slavery? Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Frederick Douglass, John C Calhoun

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John Brown

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What was the main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

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slavery

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Which of these introduced the idea of popular sovereignty? “Bleeding Kansas”, John Brown, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?

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His owner had taken him to live in a free state

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How many states eventually joined the Confederacy?

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11