GSE SS8H5a

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Name the 3 causes of the Civil War: Slavery, States Rights, Nullification, Nullification, States rights, and People, Slavery, Federal Rights, Nullification

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Slavery, States Rights, Nullification

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The most controversial issue dividing northerners and southerners during the 1800s was the issue of _____?

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Slavery

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Republican candidate and victor in the election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln

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Supreme Court decision ruling that since slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court

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Dred Scott

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The idea that a state can declare a federal law invalid within its borders

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nullification

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What compromise allowed California to enter as a free state, and established a strict fugitive slave law? It also abolished the slave trade in DC.

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Compromise of 1850

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What did South Carolina do after Lincoln's win? Options: seceded from the Union, threw Lincoln a party, dumped all the tea in the ocean.

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seceded from the Union

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Why did states enter the Union in pairs between 1820 -1849?

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To maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states

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This event enabled California to gain enough of a population to apply for statehood in 1850.

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California Gold Rush

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Which of the following best describes the Fugitive Slave Act?

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All runaway slaves had to be returned to their owner.