History 6.03 Quiz – Flashcards
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The North and South held different views toward slavery in 1850. What were they?
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The North believed in a free labor system and the South believed in a slave labor system.
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What was the main concern about slavery for both the North and South in 1850?
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how slavery would affect the economy
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What was the goal of the Compromise of 1850?
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to preserve the Union
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Which was not a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
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admission of New Mexico as a slave state and Utah as a free state
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Who wrote the strongly antislavery novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, published in 1852?
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Harriett Beecher Stowe
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How did the North and the South react to the Compromise of 1850?
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Neither side was pleased with the outcome.
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Whose theory of popular sovereignty reopened the issue of slavery in the territories?
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Stephen Douglas
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What political party was formed by bringing several northern antislavery coalitions together?
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Republicans
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What Supreme Court decision overturned both the Missouri Compromise and popular sovereignty?
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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What was the significance of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?
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They framed the issues related to slavery and brought Lincoln into the national spotlight.
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Which abolitionist tried to seize a federal armory on behalf of his cause?
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John Brown in Harpers Ferry
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Who won the election of 1860 with a platform against slavery in the territories, but for tariffs, a transcontinental railroad, and a Homestead Act?
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Abraham Lincoln Correct Answer: Correct Abraham Lincoln
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Which state led the secession movement with its declaration in December 1860?
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South Carolina
