SS8H5 GMAS PREP

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The most controversial issue dividing northerners and southerners during the 1800s was the issue of _____?

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Slavery

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The idea that a state can declare a federal law invalid and not abide by it is known as ...

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nullification doctrine

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What compromise established a strict fugitive slave law? Options: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Cass

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Compromise of 1850

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Which compromise abolished slave trade in Washington D.C.? Options: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Case

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Compromise of 1850

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The Georgia Platform is related to the ____________ and stated GA would leave the Union if the _____________ was NOT followed.

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Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Act

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Supreme Court decision ruling that since slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court

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Dred Scott

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Republican candidate and victor in the election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln

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What did South Carolina do after Lincoln's win?

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seceded from the Union

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What was the first official conflict of the civil war?

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Bombing of Fort Sumter

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Issued by Abraham Lincoln, this stated that slaves in territories rebelling against the Union were free and more importantly made Slavery the central issue of the War?

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The Emancipation Proclamation