Causes of the Civil War Review

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Series of laws packaged together to resolve a dispute over whether to extend slavery into the Southwest

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Compromise of 1850

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Northerners had to return runaway slaves to Southern slave owners and those that helped runaways could be fined or imprisoned.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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relied on agriculture

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The South

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relied on slave labor

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The South

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relied on manufacturing
Options: The North, The South

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The North

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relied on transportation, especially railroads

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The North

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After passage of the Fugitive Slave Act, there was an increase in the number of people who acted as kidnappers and slave catchers. True or False?

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True

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What did Abolitionists want to do?

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bring an end to slavery in the US

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Which of the following successfully turned many more people against slavery?
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry,
Uncle Tom's Cabin published,
Dred Scott v Sanford,
Compromise of 1850

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Uncle Tom's Cabin published

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Which of the following declared that the Constitution protected Southerners' right to own slaves?
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John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry,
Uncle Tom's Cabin published,
Dred Scott v Sanford,
Compromise of 1850

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Dred Scott v Sanford