Causes of the Civil War

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In this Supreme Court case, a man sued for his freedom

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Dred Scott decision

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The ________ was split during the election of 1860

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Democratic Party

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Abraham Lincoln was the first ____________ president

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Republican

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The ________________ meant that the states above the 36-30N Latitude line must be free, while states below could be entered as slave states

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Missouri Compromise

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The ________ made it more difficult for enslaved people to escape and angered many northerners who refused to enforce this law.

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Fugitive slave act

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South Carolina was the first state to ___________ from the Union.

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secede

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The South's economy was focused on _______, while the North was more industrial.

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agriculture

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Which state entered into the Union as a free state as part of the Compromise of 1850? Options: Missouri, Nebraska, California, Kansas

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California

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States' Rights deals with the belief that

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the rights of the states should come first

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The Fugitive Slave Law said that

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slaves found in the North must be returned to their owners in the south