Causes of the Civil War

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Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?

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Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit.

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What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?

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Abolitionists

Front

What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?

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Republican

Front

What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?

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Confederate States of America

Front

States have individual rights outside of the ones in the federal government.

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state's rights

Front

Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south.

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Fugitive Slave Act

Front

Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.

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Underground Railroad

Front

California would enter the union as a free state and a tough new law dealing with runaway slaves was part of?

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Compromise of 1850

Front

The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere.

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Dred Scott

Front

Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law? Options: Nullification, Abolitionism, Secession, Segregation

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Nullification