US History Civil War - practice 1

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The Compromise of 1850 outlawed slave auctions in...

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Washington, DC

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In 1850, _______ with its' large population as a result of the Gold Rush, applied for statehood.

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California

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What did the Compromise of 1850 say about the other territories acquired by the US from Mexico?

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The people would decide whether they wanted slavery.

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The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

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intensifying the Northern dislike of slavery

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The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v Sanford (1857) was significant because it...

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ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

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The Compromise of 1850 was an attempt to resolve issues related to

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the protection and spread of slavery

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Slave taken to live in the north who sues for his freedom and loses.

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Dred Scott

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Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by: Harriet Tubman, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Dred Scott, John Brown

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Created the Kansas-Nebraska Act hoping to form a Transcontinental Railroad?

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Stephen Douglas

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Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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To show why slavery was wrong