Causes of the Civil War

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"Compromise Enables Maine and Missouri To Enter Union" (1820)
"California Admitted to Union as Free State" (1850)
"Kansas-Nebraska Act Sets Up Popular Sovereignty" (1854)
Which issue is reflected in these headlines?

enactment of protective tariffs

extension of slavery

voting rights for minorities

universal public education

Multiple Choice

What legislation was passed by Congress to pacify the South and keep them in the union?

the Fugitive Slave Act

California would be added to the Union

the 1832 Ordinance of Nullification

the Alien and Sedition Act

Multiple Choice

What was a result of Henry Clay's American System?

It strengthen economic ties between the North and the South

It strengthened economic ties between the North and the West

It united the North, south and the west

It created an economy between the South and the west

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What was the main arguments that Southerners made in defense of slavery?

The right to own slaves was guaranteed under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

If the founding fathers had slaves, it should be OK for people who lived in the 1850s to have slaves

It was up to the states to deal with the use of slavery because it was provided for in the Constitution

The future of American economic development depended upon the continued existence of the Southern system of slavery

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Supreme Court case involving the legality of slavery, citizenship rights, and congress' power to outlaw slavery

Marbury vs. Madison

Gibbons vs. Ogden

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Scott vs. Stanford

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The Dred Scott case made what Compromise unconstitutional.

The Compromise of 1850

The Great Compromise

The 3/5th Compromise

The Missouri Compromise

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What earned the territory of Kansas the name "Bleeding Kansas"?

Slave owners in the territory had a reputation for badly mistreating their slaves.

Residents of the territory fought over whether or not Kansas should join the Union.

Pro and Anti-slavery forces fought violently over whether Kansas would be a free or slave state.

The territory lost a large number of soldiers during the Mexican-American War.

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What effect did John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry, the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin and the ruling in Dred Scott v Sanford have on the nation?

They ended slavery in the western territories.

They caused a greater divide between the North and the South.

They encouraged a spirit of cooperation to solve sectional differences.

They weakened the influence of abolitionists over politicians.

Multiple Choice

To what did Abraham Lincoln's 1858 warning that " a house divided against itself cannot stand" refer?

The treatment of Native American Indians

The sectional differences over the issue of slavery

the funding for internal improvements

the treaties with other European nations

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what became the controversy over adding new territories to the union?

need for schools and colleges

failure to conserve natural resources

expansion of slavery

construction of transcontinental railroads

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