Unit 1 Review: Civil War & Reconstruction

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This compromise prevented an immediate war, but it was not permanently effective:

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The Missouri Compromise

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Why was the population in the California territory increasing so dramatically?

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Because of the Gold Rush

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Results of the Lincoln-Douglas debates:

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Lincoln gained national recognition; Douglas won the Senate seat

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Dred Scott decision:

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Ruled that African Americans were not citizens and Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

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Harper’s Ferry:

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Site of John Brown's raid in 1859

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

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Anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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This bill was defeated in the Senate; it claimed all territory bought from Mexico should be closed to slavery:

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Wilmot Proviso

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The Compromise of 1850:

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A series of laws passed to resolve the issue of slavery in territories acquired from Mexico and to ease tensions between North and South.

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This declaration freed all slaves in the Confederacy:

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Lincoln promised “the dead shall not have died in vain” in this speech: __________

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Gettysburg Address