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The American Civil War took place between —

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1861-1865

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The Wilmot Proviso started a heated debate in Congress about the expansion of slavery into new territories because it proposed —

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banning slavery in any lands the U.S. might acquire from Mexico.

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use popular sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the —

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U.S.-Mexican War

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Which of the following statements about the Compromise of 1850 is false?
California would enter the union as a free state and other territories would be governed by popular sovereignty.
Daniel Webster gave a three-hour speech about preserving the Union on the floor of the senate in support of the bill.
All states south of the 36°30 line would enter the union as slave states.
The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.

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All states south of the 36°30 line would enter the union as slave states.

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The Republican Party formed in the 1850s with the goal of —

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banning slavery in new territories.

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In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that —

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Congress does not have the right to prohibit slavery in all states and that slaves are property protected under the Fifth amendment.

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This poster about John Brown’s hanging best represents the perspective of —

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An abolitionist

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Which was an immediate result of Abraham Lincoln’s election to the Presidency in 1860?

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Several southern states seceded from the Union, South Carolina being the first.

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How was the event depicted in this image significant to the Civil War?

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The Confederate attack upon the Union fort initiated the war.

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What was the first major land battle that showed that the Civil War could be long and difficult?

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The First Battle of Bull Run