SS8H5a Causes of the Civil War

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Why did Southern states begin to secede after the election of 1860?

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They believed Abraham Lincoln would try to abolish slavery in the South.

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Why did Southern states threaten to nullify the tariff on imports enacted by Congress in 1828?

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The tariff caused imports to cost more which hurt Southern states.

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This law allowed “popular sovereignty” in several U.S. territories.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens?
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He was a southerner who remained loyal to the Union and served as vice president under President Lincoln,
He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy even though he opposed secession.,
He was an intimidating politician who despised most southerners,
He was a passionate secessionist who wanted Georgia to leave the Union immediately.

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He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy even though he opposed secession.

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Shortly after Lincoln’s election, Georgia

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Seceded from the Union.

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Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to: preserve the Union, encourage sectionalism, enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, end slavery throughout the entire country.

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preserve the Union.

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Nullification was a theory espoused by John C. Calhoun which stated that states had the right to do what?

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decide which national laws states would accept

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The Georgia Platform succeeded in saving the Union from collapse by

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quieting radicals who wanted to secede after the Compromise of 1850.

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Which issue played the GREATEST role in dividing the North and South in the years leading up to the Civil War?

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slavery

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Which was a direct result of President Lincoln winning the Election of 1860?

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South Carolina seceded from the Union.