Causes of the Civil War

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This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

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John Brown

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

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Bleeding Kansas

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The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

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prohibited, permitted or allowed

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What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

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That slavery was wrong

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What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

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Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

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The Dred Scott decision...

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satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

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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.