U S History Chapter 13 Part 1

Thousands of slaves escaped via the Underground Railroad.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was largely responsible for the virtual civil war in "Bleeding Kansas"

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As a presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln advocated the abolition of slavery in the South.

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The Democratic Party appealed only to the Southern voters.

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The discovery of gold on Sutter's ranch made him an instant millionaire.

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Southern senators blocked the Wilmot Proviso each time it passed in the House of Representatives.

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The Democrats lost the 1852 election by a landslide because they supported the Compromise of 1850.

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The Crittenden Compromise failed to pass the Republican controlled Congress.

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James Buchanan was a Pennsylvanian who was sympathetic to the South.

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• False

Millard Fillmore was Zachary Taylor's vice president.

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