Toward Civil War 1840-1861
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| show | Fort Sumter attack
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| The first president of the Confederate States of America was... | show 🗑
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| Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers joined together to form the... | show 🗑
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| What Supreme Court decision divided the nation even more? | show 🗑
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| show | South Carolina
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| Which man's death became a rallying point for abolitionists? | show 🗑
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| What Supreme Court decision meant that the Constitution protected slavery? | show 🗑
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| show | states' rights
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| The main topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was... | show 🗑
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| show | Abraham Lincoln
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| In the congressional election of 1858, the Senate race in what state was the center of national attention? | show 🗑
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| show | Stephen A. Douglas
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| As a result of John Brown's raid, Southerner's mistrust of Northerners (grew/lessened)? | show 🗑
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| show | stop the spread of slavery
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| Douglas won the Illinois Senate race, but _______ gained a national reputation as a man of clear thinking and one who could argue with force and persuasion. | show 🗑
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| show | slavery
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| In his Inaugural Address, Lincoln made it clear that if there is going to be a war, _____________ would have to strike the first blow. | show 🗑
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| The Civil War began when ____________ opened fire on Fort Sumter. | show 🗑
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| A ___________ is a person who dies for a great cause. | show 🗑
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| As a result of the Lincoln-Douglas Debates, ________ lost the trust and support of Southerners. | show 🗑
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| show | the South
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| show | Southerners
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| show | South
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| The new Republican Party was clearly against ___________. | show 🗑
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| In the 1856 presidential elections, Democrat candidate James Buchanan won, endorsing the idea of ____________. | show 🗑
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| Many Southerners feared that a Lincoln victory in 1860 would encourage ___________. | show 🗑
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