2025 A Nation Divided: Causes of the Civil War

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What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

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It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

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What was the significance of the 36" 30' parallel?

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It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction. It provided an end to the trade of enslaved people in Washington D.C. It included a law requiring the return of people who had escaped slavery. It required that the Underground Railway be disbanded.

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It included a law requiring the return of people who had escaped slavery.

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What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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It turned many more people against slavery.

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise? Options: It changed the borders of Missouri., It required that all of Missouri be free., It allowed slavery in new Northern territories, It established new interests trade rules.

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It allowed slavery in new Northern territories

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Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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It led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas.

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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that African American did not the right to sue in federal court

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What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harper's Ferry?

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To create a rebellion led by enslaved people that would bring an end to slavery

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What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

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The nation was divided over slavery.

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Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war? Options: the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner

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South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter