Causes of the Civil War

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Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor? Options: North, South, West

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North

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Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery? Options: North, South, West

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South

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Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves?

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Fugitive Slave Law

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

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Bleeding Kansas

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Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

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Harriett Beecher Stowe

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This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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Escaped slave that sued for his freedom: Harriett Tubman, Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Dred Scott

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Dred Scott

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What was the tipping point that led South Carolina to be the first to succession?

• Dred Scott Decision
• Bleeding Kansas
• Fugitive Slave Law
• Lincoln is Elected President

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Lincoln is Elected President

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This cause was both a political and moral issue and led to additional causes of the war.

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Slavery

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The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 with the Battle of

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Ft. Sumter