Causes of the Civil War

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People who were against slavery were called

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Abolitionists

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Who was known as “Moses” on the Underground Railroad?

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Harriet Tubman

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Why was the North upset when Missouri was going to become a slave state?

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There would be an uneven number of slave and free states, giving the South more power in the Congress.

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The Missouri Compromise...

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Allowed Missouri to enter as a SLAVE state and Maine as a FREE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would be free, and South would be a slave state

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by saying

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Any new state can decide to be a free or slave state

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In the Dred Scott Decision, what did the Supreme Court rule?

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The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were property, not citizens.

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The man who ran against Abraham Lincoln to become President was: Stephan A. Douglas, Jefferson Davis, Zachary Taylor

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Stephan A. Douglas

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What did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 do?

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Made federal marshals assist in recapturing runaways, and said that anyone helping a runaway would be fined and imprisoned

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Why was Uncle Tom’s Cabin an important book?

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The story allowed people to see slaves as real people being treated with cruelty.

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After Lincoln was elected President, which was the first state to secede from the Union?

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South Carolina