E - Causes of the Civil War & Civil War Review - 2025

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This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

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Popular sovereignty

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This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere.

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Dred Scott

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This abolitionist took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA

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John Brown

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What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?

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Confederate States of America

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Split the Nebraska Territory into the states of Kansas and Nebraska, where they also got to choose whether to be a free or slave states... causing conflict within the states.

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Kansas-Nebraska Act

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What federal law mandated that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south? Options: Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Decision, Compromise of 1850

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Fugitive Slave Act

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What were slaves legally considered?

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Property

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Which phrase best completes the diagram? Options: increase in use of slave labor, end of plantation lifestyle, industrialization of the South, decrease in cotton production

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increase in use of slave labor

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What was one result of Nat Turner’s rebellion? Options: The South prevented expansion of slavery to the West., The South passed stricter slave laws/codes., The South stopped supporting states’ rights., The South abolished slave codes.

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The South passed stricter slave laws/codes.