Civil War EOC Review

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How did the South attempt to compensate for its disadvantages?

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Southern leaders approached foreign governments for aid

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Before the Civil War, why did slavery expand in the South rather than in the North? Options: the Constitution contained a clause that outlawed the importation of slaves into the Northern states, Congress passed a law forbidding slavery in the North, Northern states passed affirmative action legislation, geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

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geographic conditions in the South encouraged the development of large plantations

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Sectional differences developed in the United States largely because

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economic conditions and interests in each region varied

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Before the Civil War, the principle of popular sovereignty was proposed as a means of deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state.

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deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) heightened the sectional crisis because it

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broke the Missouri Compromise

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In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between proslavery and antislavery groups.

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proslavery and antislavery groups

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Which statement best explains President Abraham Lincoln’s justification for the Civil War? Options: as an abolitionist, President Lincoln wanted to end slavery in the United States, President Lincoln wanted to keep the South economically dependent on the industrial North, President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union, to keep the support of Great Britain and France, President Lincoln had to try to end slavery immediately.

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President Lincoln’s oath of office required him to defend and preserve the Union

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The institution of slavery was formally abolished in the United States by the

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ratification of the 13th amendment in 1865

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Which situation was the most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860? Options: Kansas and Nebraska joined the Union as free states, a constitutional amendment was adopted to end slavery, Missouri entered the Union as a slave state, several southern states seceded from the Union

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several southern states seceded from the Union

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The events listed above contributed to the

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outbreak of the Civil War