Causes of the Civil War - Quiz
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| Before the Civil War, which group most actively supported and assisted the Underground Railroad? | Abolitionists
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| Lincoln's statement, "A house divided against itself cannot stand", referred to the conflict between: | the north and the south
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| The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin helped to: | change many peoples attitudes concerning slavery
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| The invention of the cotton gin cause the need for slavery to: | increase
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| The Missouri Compromise: | maintained the balance of free and slave states in the US
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| In the Compromise of 1850 , the South's main concession to the North was the provision concerning: | the admission of California
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| Even Southerners who did not own slaves defended slavery because: | they thought that slavery was needed for the Southern economy to survive
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| Violence erupted in Kansas as a direct result of the: | Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
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| In the Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty would decide salvery in: | New Mexico
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| The Underground Railroad helped free slaves by: | setting up hiding places and routes to reach the North and Canada
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| The Dred Scott decision angered northerners becuase it: | allowed slavery in all the territories
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| According to the Fugitive Slave Act: | escaped/runaway slaved must be returned
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| Popular Sovereignty means: | voters in each territory would decide the slavery question
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| Which of the following statements about Uncle Tom's Cabin in NOT true? | It was based on the author's eyewitness view of slavery
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| What opinion did Abraham Lincoln state in the Lincoln-Douglas debate? | slavery should be limited to the states where it already exists
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| During the first half of the 19th century, the abolition movement worked to: | end slavery
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| The emotional impace of slavery erupted in Congress when: | Senator Charles Sumner was beaten by Rep. Preston Brooks of South Carolina with a cane
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| The South believed they needed slavery because: | cotton growing required a large supply of labor
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| The election of Abra ham in 1860 immediately led to the: | session of South Carolina
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| In the 1850's, the phrase "Bleeding Kansas" was used to describe clashes between: | Proslavery & anti-slavery groups
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| Which litery work exposed the evils of slavery and was called propaganda by the South? | Uncle Tom's Cabin
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| The abolitionist was excuted as a result of an unseccessful raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry. | John Brown
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| The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to: | settle disputes over the spread of slavery in the west
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| The Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Dred Scott was an important decision because it stated that: | Slaves were property, not citizens
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| Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin? | Harriet Beecher Stowe
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