Causes of the Civil War

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Having a devotion to the interests of one's state or region instead of the country as a whole.

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Sectionalism

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What did the Mason-Dixon Line represent?

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Border between the northern free states and the southern slave states

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T or F: The Republican Party was founded in 1854 in opposition to slavery.

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TRUE

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What other famous legislation was repealed at the passing of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Options: Missouri Compromise, The Compromise of 1850, The Louisiana Purchase, The Gasden Purchase

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Missouri Compromise

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Who developed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Stephen Douglas

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This act created two territories out of the Louisiana Purchase and said no more 36*30" boundary...

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What was NOT a part of the Compromise of 1850? California enters a free state, Slave trade prohibited in Washington D.C., Fugitive Slave Law passed, New Mexico/Utah territories will NOT be permitted to have slavery

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New Mexico/Utah territories will NOT be permitted to have slavery

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What did the Missouri Compromise NOT do? Select one that applies: Maine enters the Union as a free state, Missouri enters the Union as a free state, California enters the Union as a free state, There will be no slavery above the 36* 30" line

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California enters the Union as a free state

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Who was nicknamed "The Great Compromiser"?

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Henry Clay

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Who won the presidential election of 1860?

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Abraham Lincoln