Civil War Practice FLASHCARD

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What was the main purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

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To resolve disputes between free and slave states

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Which state was admitted as a free state under the Compromise of 1850?

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California

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Who is the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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What was the significance of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

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It energized the abolitionist movement in the North

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 allow settlers to do?

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Decide the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty

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What was the impact of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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It heightened tensions and violence, setting the stage for the Civil War.

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What was the core belief of the Republican Party when it was founded in 1854?

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Opposition to the extension of slavery into new territories

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What was the significance of the Republican Party's emergence in the mid-19th century?

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Became a major political force, drawing anti-slavery Whigs, Free Soilers, and Northern Democrats.

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What was the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott Decision of 1857?

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African Americans, free or enslaved, were not U.S. citizens and had no right to sue in federal court.

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What was the main issue debated in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858?

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Slavery and its expansion into territories.