In addition to creating two new states, what else did Kansas-Nebraska Act call for?
ending the long-standing ban on slavery in the North
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Which statement describes the situation of free African Americans in the South?
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What was the Crittenden Plan?
a proposal by federal government - would have no power to abolish slavery in the states where it already existed; the Missouri Compromise line moves to Pacific
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How did many plantation owners justify the enslavement of African Americans?
They claimed that African Americans were better off under the care of plantation owners than they would be by caring for themselves.
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What was the Confederacy?
the 11 southern states that seceded from the Union to form their own nation, the Confederate States of America
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What was main goal of the Free-Soil Party?
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In the election of 1860, who was the presidential nominee of the Constitutional Union Party?
John Bell
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Which act did the Dred Scott case deem unconstitutional?
the Missouri Compromise
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How did the judge in the Dred Scott case describe enslaved people?
as personal property of slaveholders
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Why did Lincoln object to the Crittenden Plan?
Lincoln objected to the plan because it would extend slavery into new territories.
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Which candidate in the 1860 election campaigned in both the North and the South?
Stephen Douglas
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What is a law enforcement officer who works for the United States government called?