Civil War Vocabulary Quiz

Which civil war vocabulary word refers to a person who wanted to abolish slavery?

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What was the name of the agreement passed in 1850 that allowed California to join the Union as a free state and created stricter fugitive slave laws?

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Which civil war vocabulary word refers to a Supreme Court case that ruled that African Americans were not citizens and could not sue in federal court?

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Which act allowed for popular sovereignty to decide if territories would allow slavery or not?

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Which law required all citizens to help catch runaway slaves and return them to their owners?

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Which term refers to the group of Southern states that seceded from the Union and formed their own government during the Civil War?

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What term is used to describe the four states that remained in the Union but allowed slavery during the Civil War?

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Which term means to formally withdraw from a political entity, such as a country or state?

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Which plan was created by Union General Winfield Scott and involved blockading Southern ports and gaining control of the Mississippi River to cut off supplies to the Confederacy?

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Which document was issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 and freed slaves in Confederate states?

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