Chapter 14 : The Civil War

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What did the Fugitive Slave Law do? Options: The underground railroad was ended, Slaves that ran-away would be jailed, Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves, Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

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Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves

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What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850? Oregon, California, Michigan, Iowa

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California

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction., It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C., It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves, It added California as a slave state

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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

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Who proposed the compromise of 1850?

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Henry Clay

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The new Republican Party ______. Options: Drew support from many southerners, Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery, Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, Enjoyed victory in the Presidential election of 1856

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Was dedicated to a ban on the extension of slavery

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This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers.

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Bleeding Kansas

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Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

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Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

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Who Was John Brown?

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An avid abolitionist

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The purpose of John Brown's raid was to....

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start a slave revolt

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What state was the first to secede from the union? Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina

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South Carolina