History Chapter 10 Test – Flashcards
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crittendon compromise
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proposed as a last resort after seven southern states seceded
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john brown
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New York Abolitionist who used violence to accomplish his goals
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Jefferson Davis
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chosen as president of the Confederate States of America
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republican party
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Group formed in 1854 that opposed slavery
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Wilmot Proviso
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proposed law prohibiting slavery in the territories
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Roger B. Taney
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Supreme Court Chief Justice when the Dred Scott case was decided
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Compromise of 1850
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legislation that included a strict new Fugitive Slave Law
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Know-nothings
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became the "American Party"
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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bill passed by Congress in 1854 that led to violence
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Fort Sumter
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site surrendered after a Confederate attack
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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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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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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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The events of "Bleeding Kansas" can be attributed to
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the competition of opposing political groups
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin infuriated the South because it
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spread anti-slavery sentiment in the North
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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
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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 was the Free-Soil Party's candidate for President?
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Martin Van Buren
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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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Under the new Fugitive Slave Act passed in 1850,
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citizens who helped runaway slaves could be imprisoned
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What was the final northern destination for most people escaping slavery on the Underground Railroad?
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Canada
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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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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 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 decision about 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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Who wrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
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Stephen Douglas
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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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"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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Why did the Crittenden Compromise fail?
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Lincoln convinced senators to vote against the compromise
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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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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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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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Why did South Carolina seced from the Union?
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they believed that Lincoln was hostile to slavery
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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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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 Abraham Lincoln's inaugural address, he declared that
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no state can lawfully leave the Union by its own action
