Events Leading to the Civil War #1

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Which event involved violent conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers? Options: Compromise of 1850, War of 1812, Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas, Underground Railroad

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Kansas-Nebraska Act/Bleeding Kansas

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This region relied heavily on slave labor. Options: North, South

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South

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Abolitionists ___________________ slavery and convinced others to organize the Underground Railroad.

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opposed

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Dred Scott was famous for ___________.

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suing for his freedom

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California entered the Union as a free state while southwest territories would decide the slavery issue themselves. Options: Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

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All of these issues between the North and the South lead to the _______________________.

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Civil War

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The Supreme Court ruling that declared that slaves were considered property and went wherever their owners went no matter if that was free state or a slave state.

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The Dred Scott Decision

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The Compromise of 1850 included five different laws. Which law was beneficial to the North as part of this compromise? South would have to pay the North for any captured slaves, South promised to reduce the number of slaves, Slavery was outlawed in the Louisiana territory, California was admitted as a free state

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California was admitted as a free state

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction. It included a law for returning escaped slaves. It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C. It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded.

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It included a law for returning escaped slaves

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This list identifies provisions that were all part of which compromise?
• California entered the Union as a free state
• Utah and New Mexico would decide for themselves whether to be slave states or free states
• The slave trade in Washington, D.C., ended
• The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted

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the Compromise of 1850