Causes of the Civil War

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The South was a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills. This influenced what?

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The economic development of the United States?

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May people feared the admission of new slave states. Therefore, many abolitionists were against what?

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the annexation of new Western territory

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What did these developments have in common?

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They sought changes to end slavery

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Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.  This was known as what cause of the Civil War?

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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Who represented the interests of the North, supported the High Protective Tariff, opposed the spread of slavery into new territories, supported the Compromise of 1850, and faced Abraham Lincoln in a series of debates?

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Stephen A Douglass

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

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Popular sovereignty

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The Book called Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe caused what to happen?

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Support grew for the abolitionist movement

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The Northern economy had a lot of manufacturing, while the Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural. What is this describing?

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the economic differences between the North and the South in the period prior to the Civil War

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Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854? Options: Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.  , Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856 , Kansas and Nebraska accepted many new Indian Tribes to settle on their lands in 1856., The law finally ended slavery in the United States.

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Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.  

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The climate and topography of the Southeastern United States had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region grew _________________________ that encouraged the continuation of slavery.

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agricultural products