Road to the Civil War

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The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with what controversy?

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The expansion of slavery in western territory

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What is popular sovereignty?

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Authority through the consent of people

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What is sectionalism?

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Interests of the regions with no regard for the nation

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Why did Abraham Lincoln call Uncle Tom's Cabin the book that started the Civil War?

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The book helped stir more widespread antislavery feelings.

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Who won the Presidential election in 1860 which caused S. Carolina to secede?

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Abraham Lincoln

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First battle of the Civil War

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Fort Sumter

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John Brown's attempt to raid a federal arsenal to start a slave revolt.

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Raid on Harper's Ferry

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Court case that stated slaves were property and had no right to suey, and made the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

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Dred Scott vs Sanford

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This battle between anti-slavery & pro-slavery citizens proved popular sovereignty failed to reduce sectional tension during the Antebellum period?

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Bleeding Kansas

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What is significant about Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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gave Kansas & Nebraska popular sovereignty on slavery and repealed the Missouri Compromise.