Division Test Review

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Why was the new Compromise of 1850 needed?

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new territory was added after the Mexican-American War & they needed to decide if it would include slavery

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Why did the Kansas-Nebraska Act cause more problems between the North and South?

Back

it allowed the territories to vote whether they would have slavery or not

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Which best describes Bleeding Kansas?

Back

fighting and bloodshed broke out between Pro-Slavery and Free-Soilers after the Kansas Nebraska Act

Front

Which was NOT an outcome of the Dred Scott case? Options: Supreme Court ruled against his freedom, stated blacks had no rights as citizens, Dred Scott started a rebellion, Congress was not allowed to decide if states were free or slave

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Dred Scott started a rebellion

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The key result of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates was

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Lincoln became famous for saying slavery was a moral issue not a legal one

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How was John Brown a different kind of abolitionist?

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he was willing to kill pro-slavery people and arm slaves for rebellion

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Why did South Carolina and the other states secede and create the Confederate States of America?

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After the Election of 1860, they realized the South had lost their power.

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All of these people had what in common: Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, Harriet Tubman?

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fought against slavery as abolitionists

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Which was NOT a problem of the 1860 Election? Options: Lincoln won with 40% of the votes ONLY from the North, More people voted in the election that were not able to, The South was afraid of slavery being abolished, The South realized they were losing power in the government

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More people voted in the election that were not able to

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The event that marked the beginning of the Civil War was: Lincoln's Election-1860, the South seceding, the attack on the federal Fort Sumter, All of these are correct

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the attack on the federal Fort Sumter