Causes of the Civil War- Thanksgiving Review

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Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
California would enter the Union as a free state.
The slave trade would be abolished in Washington, D.C.
The territories of New Mexico and Utah would be off-limits to slavery.
A tougher fugitive slave law would be enacted.

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The territories of New Mexico and Utah would be off-limits to slavery

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The caning of Charles Sumner by Preston Brooks:

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demonstrated the breakdown of Congress' ability to reach compromise

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Northerners were most upset by the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision because: the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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the decision allowed slavery in the territories

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Why did slavery become more central to American politics in the 1840s? Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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Territorial expansion raised the question of whether new lands should be free or slave.

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Which statement best explains what was accomplished by the "Missouri Compromise"?

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maintained balance between slave states and free states

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Enforced a strict law saying runaway slaves in the North must be captured and returned to their masters.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Options: Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Black Moses

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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The Fugitive Slave Act was a part of the: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision

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Compromise of 1850

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What did the Dred Scott decision say?

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It considered slaves to be property without rights.

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Why did the South secede after the election of 1860?

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They feared Abraham Lincoln would outlaw slavery in all states.