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In the late 1840s, what led to the question of whether slavery should expand to the territories?
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the results of the Mexican War.
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The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 angered northerners because it
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required all citizens to support the slave system.
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The events of "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to
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the competition of opposing political groups.
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Use the excerpt and your knowledge of social studies to answer the following questions. "We are now far into the fifth year, since a policy was initiated, with the avowed object, and confident promise, of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only, not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease, until a crisis shall have been reached, and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannnot endure, permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved—I do not expect the house to fall—but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other." —Abraham Lincoln, 1858 To what did Abraham Lincoln refer when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand."?
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the Union could not continue with both free states and slave states
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"Bleeding Kansas" demonstrated that popular sovereignty was
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an unworkable solution for the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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What conductor on the Underground Railroad was known as "Black Moses"?
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Harriet Tubman
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The election of 1860 showed that the North and the South were two distinct political entities because
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Lincoln won without a single Southern electoral vote.
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In the election of 1848 the major parties were forced to take a stand on slavery because of
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the rise of the Free Soil Party.
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In Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, he declared that
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no state can lawfully leave the Union by its own action.
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What provision did the Compromise of 1850 include?
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California would be admitted as a free state.
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Which of these were nullified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
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Missouri Compromise
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Why did Lincoln refer to the right of each State to control its own affairs in his inaugural address?
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to assure the Southern states that they would make their own decisions about slavery
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How did Lincoln approach the issue of slavery in his speeches?
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He condemned slavery and affirmed the idea of African Americans' natural rights.
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Seceding states believed that they had to leave the Union in order to
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protect their property and their way of life.
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Who was the Free-Soil Party's candidate for President?
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Martin Van Buren
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The Dred Scott decision stated that slaves
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were the property of their owners.
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Which of the following events directly caused the outbreak of the Civil War?
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the attack at Fort Sumter
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Abolitionists believed that slavery
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was morally wrong and wanted to end it.
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Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
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Stephen Douglas
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Why did South Carolina secede from the Union?
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They believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery.
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What was Lincoln's view on African Americans?
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They were entitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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James Buchanan promised to
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end the agitation over the issue of slavery.
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The Fugitive Slave Act angered Northerners because
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it increased federal intervention in the affairs of independent states.
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Why did Crittenden's Compromise fail?
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Lincoln convinced senators to vote against the compromise.
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Why did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry fail?
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Few Americans would join a rebellion organized by Brown.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncles Tom's Cabin infuriated the South because it
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spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North.
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Use the following quotation to answer the questions below. "[T]he maintenance . . . of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment [alone], is essential to that balance of power on which the perfection and endurance of our political fabric depend. . . ." —Abraham Lincoln, 1st inaugural address, March 4, 1861 What is the "domestic institution" that Lincoln is referring to in his inaugural address?
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slavery
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Why did the Confederate States of America write a constitution that prohibited importing slaves from other countries?
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to win the support of Britain and France.
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What event started "Bleeding Kansas"?
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Border ruffians raided the anti-slavery town of Lawrence, Kansas.
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Why was Abolitionist John Brown executed?
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for his attempt to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry
