Causes of the U.S. Civil War

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What is a compromise?

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Agreement where both sides get something but give up something, too

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The U.S. Government compromised often in the 1800s when adding new states. What were they debating before compromising?

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On whether to expand slavery

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In the Missouri Compromise (1820), ____________ was admitted as a slave state, and ____________ was admitted as a free state.

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Missouri; Maine

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Compromise of 1850 allowed California into the Union as a free state. What else did it do?

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Passed the Fugitive Slave Act

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What political idea did Sen. Stephen Douglas suggest with the Kansas-Nebraska territories when debating slavery?

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Popular Sovereignty

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_________________ challenged Stephen Douglas to seven debates on expanding slavery, and later ran against him for president.

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Abraham Lincoln

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______________ led to a conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery residents, called "Bleeding Kansas."

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Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

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After Lincoln's election for president in 1860, what did several Southern states do?

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Secede from the Union (U.S.)

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Slavery and the ______________ were a major cause of the U.S. Civil War

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Abolitionist Movement

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Which major economies did the Northern/Southern states each have?

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North: Industries/South: Agriculture