Pre-Civil War

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What were the key components of the Compromise of 1850?
- California became a free state
- Utah and New Mexico were created and given popular sovereignty
- ended the slave trade in Washington DC
- Forced a stronger Fugitive Slave Law

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Compromise of 1850

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Who was a radical abolitionist that planned to capture weapons in the US arsenal, wanted slaves to physically fight for their freedom, led the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre, and caused deaths in Kansas at a raid known as Bleeding Kansas?

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John Brown

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What legislation allowed Kansas and Nebraska to join as free states, erased the Missouri Compromise Line, and established popular sovereignty in new territories?

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens and did not have rights...they were "property".

Front

Who was the conductor that helped free around 3,000 slaves on the Underground Railroad?

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Harriet Tubman

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Which novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe to expose the cruelty of slavery?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Which statement best describes the causes of the Civil War? Options: The North wanted their own slaves, The south wanted slavery and states' rights, the south wanted a strong federal government, The North was angry about Lincoln's death

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The south wanted slavery and states' rights

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In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

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Missouri

Front

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

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Maine

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The ______________was part of the Compromise of 1850 and made it a crime (illegal) to help runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act