Causes of the Civil War

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Popular sovereignty means

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letting the people decide through a vote

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This quote is most likely from which abolitionist who led an attempted slave revolt in Harper's Ferry, VA?

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John Brown

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Which of the following is a widely popular book that illustrated the horrors of slavery: The Defense, John Brown's Raid, Uncle Tom's Cabin, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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These laws were passed to make the South happy and tried to force Northerners to return runaway slaves. They meant no black individuals would be safe in the North.

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Fugitive Slave Acts

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This quote is most likely from what prominent abolitionist and former enslaved individual? He went on to write books and petition Lincoln to make the war about slavery.

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Fredrick Douglass

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Compromise that kept the balance of free and slave states so none would have too much power in Congress.

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Missouri Compromise

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Slave rebellion led by an enslaved individual in Southampton VA in 1831. It led to fear and stricter laws in the South

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Nat Turner's Rebellion

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Network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.

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Underground Railroad

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This quote is most likely by which famous conductor on the Underground Railroad who saved probably 300 people?

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Harriet Tubman

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In this compromise, California was a free state and after, states could vote to be free or slave. Fugitive Slave Laws were passed to make the south happy

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Compromise of 1850