Causes of the Civil War

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States in the South believed they should have the right to decide their own laws.

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They should have the right to decide their own laws.

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Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?

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Southern States

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The first state to secede from the Union was

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South Carolina

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an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state

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Dred Scott

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Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the

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Fugitive Slave Act

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Which act of Congress temporarily ended the slavery debate? Options: Fugitive Slave Law, Missouri Compromise, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Popular Sovereignty

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Missouri Compromise

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This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

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Popular sovereignty

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Which of the following best describes John Brown?

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radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

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Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

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the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.