Causes of the American Civil War

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Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

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Maine

Front

What was the Fugitive Slave Act added to in order to please Southern states?

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The Compromise of 1850

Front

Abraham Lincoln won the Presidential Election in ____.

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1860

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What does the term “popular sovereignty” mean?

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The right of the residents of a state to vote on laws

Front

Under popular sovereignty a state uses ______ to decide an issue.

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voting

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What did the Southern states do after Lincoln’s election?

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Begin to secede from the US

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What was the Underground Railroad?

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It was a network of escape routes and hideouts used by African American to escape the slave-holding states of the South.

Front

True or False: The Fugitive Slave Act gave enslaved people more opportunities to gain freedom.

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False

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Who’s idea was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Stephan Douglas

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In his decision on the case Dred Scott v. Sanford, the Chief Justice said that...

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All of the choices are unfortunately correct.