Road to Disunion

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Abraham Lincoln was elected _____________ of the United States in 1860. The Southern states feared he would ____________ slavery.

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president, end / presidente, acabar con la esclavitud

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The Missouri Compromise of 1820 admitted the state of ____________ as a slave state and the state of _____________ as a free state.

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Missouri, Maine / Misuri, Maine

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The Southern slave-holding states benefitted from the ___________ _________ ______, which required U.S. marshals to assist in the recapture and return of runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act / Acto de Esclavo Fugitivo

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Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book __________ ________ _____________ sold more than two million copies in two years. Written in response to the Fugitive Slave Law, Lincoln read this book before issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Uncle Tom's Cabin / La Cabaña del Tio Tom

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___________ ___________ led a raid on the armory and arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in hopes of causing _________ to rebel.

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John Brown, slaves / Juan Brown, esclavos

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In 1831 Nat Turner led a slave revolt in Virginia. He was captured and _____________.

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executed / ejecutado

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A document similar to the Declaration of Independence, the Declaration of Causes for South Carolina, said that states could function as ___________ countries.

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individual / individuales

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 stated that the states could decide for themselves to enter the Union as a _______ state or a free state.

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slave / esclavo

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Early in the morning on April 12, 1861, Confederate forces fired on ________ ______________ in the bay of Charleston, South Carolina.

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Fort Sumter

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In the ______________ of 1850, the territories of New Mexico, ______________, ________________, and Utah would be allowed to decide for themselves whether to enter as free or slave states.

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Compromise, California, Texas / Compromiso, California, Tejas