Causes of the Civil War

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This law allowed Southern Slave owners to enter the North to look for and take back runaway slaves.

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The Fugitive Slave Act

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The first state to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected President: Florida, North Carolina, Arkansas, South Carolina

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South Carolina

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Which female abolitionist wrote the best-selling anti-slavery novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

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Harriett Beecher Stowe

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What was the tipping point that led South Carolina to be the first to succession? Options: John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Bleeding Kansas, Fugitive Slave Law, Lincoln was Elected President

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Lincoln was Elected President

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What political party was Lincoln a member of?

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Republicans

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This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Which of the following best describes John Brown? Options: radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery, a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence, a pro-slavery Senator, a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

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radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

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What was the Underground Railroad?

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A series of safe houses and people who helped slaves escape to freedom.

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Abolish

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get rid of

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Who was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

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Abraham Lincoln