Causes of the Civil War

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After reaching the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled against his case because as a slave, he had no rights. Which case was this?

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Dred Scott v. Sandford

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What was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

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Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.

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Effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?

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Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave law.

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Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was growing cotton?

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Which outcome best completes the diagram?
Options: American Revolution, Popular Sovereignty, Manifest Destiny, Civil War

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Civil War

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Where did the start of the Civil War take place in April 1861? Options: Harper's Ferry, VA; Fort Sumter, South Carolina; New York City, New York; Philadelphia, PA.

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Fort Sumter, South Carolina

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What was the fundamental question addressed in the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Should slave labor be allowed in new states?

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What action prompted the newspapers claim that John Brown's raid "advanced the cause of disunion"?

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Some abolitionists thought violence was necessary to end slavery.

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Which event occurred about five weeks BEFORE South Carolina seceded from the Union?

• Attack on Harper's Ferry
• Election of 1860
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Lincoln-Douglas Debates

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Election of 1860

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Who was known as "The Great Compromiser"?

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Henry Clay