Period 5 Review

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One could argue that Manifest Destiny contributed to the Civil war in that territorial expansion led to further sectionalism.

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territorial expansion led to further sectionalism

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All of the following showed that there was a significant sectional difference between the North and South EXCEPT: 3/5 Compromise, Northwest Ordinance, Indian Removal Act, Kansas Nebraska Act

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Indian Removal Act

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The admission of what state as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?

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California

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This political party formed in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act

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Republicans

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According to Abraham Lincoln's quotation, "A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free."

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sectional differences threatened to destroy the Union

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Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860? Options: The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, The election of President Abraham Lincoln, The enactment of the Missouri Compromise, The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

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The election of President Abraham Lincoln

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In Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, he stated that

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he had no intention of ending slavery in the south

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He was the president of the Confederate States.

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Jefferson Davis

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The Crittendon Compromise proposed

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using the 36'30 parallel line to designate free and slave states

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The Civil War began when Confederate forces launched an attack at which location?

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Fort Sumter