Causes of the Civil War- graded

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What was the idea of Popular Sovereignty?

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The people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

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Which of the following best describes John Brown?

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radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

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What voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line?

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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What was the key issue debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

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the expansion of slavery

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The Compromise of 1850 included a new and tougher...

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Fugitive Slave Act.

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Why was popular sovereignty important in the Civil War?

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People living in a new territory to decide by vote of their territorial legislature

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How did the Dred Scott case impact the civil war?

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It impacted the civil war by making both sides of the slavery argument heat up.

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This act allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state, and Maine as a free state. It drew a boundary line to separate northern free states and southern slave states.

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Missouri Compromise 1820

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This legislation brought California in as a free state, and also created Utah and New Mexico. The Fugitive Slave Act was included in this legislation.

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Compromise of 1850

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How do the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?

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The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories.