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The Road to Civil War

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    Civil War
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  • The south wanted the issue of slavery in territories to be decided with this method, which means the government must let the people vote on it.
    Popular Sovereignty
    Fighting
    Popular Democracy
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  • The term for someone who fought to end slavery.
    Abolitionist
    Segregationist
    Loyalist
    Emancipator
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  • South Carolina seceded from the Union after this happened
    Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln promised to end slavery
    Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S.
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  • What was the Compromise of 1850?
    A treaty with France designed to keep the United States out of war with Europe
    A set of laws designed to keep the peace between the North and the South
    A treaty with Great Britain regarding the border between Canada and the Unite
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  • Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?
    Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not in the Union
    Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.
    All of the above
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  • The main cause of the Civil War.
    Economy
    States Rights
    Slavery
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  • The first attack of the Civil War.
    Fort Sumter, SC
    Gettysburg, PA
    Richmond, VA
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  • Ulysses S. Grant led troops for this side in the Civil War.
    Confederacy/South
    Union/North
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  • Robert E. Lee led troops for this side in the Civil War.
    Union/North
    Confederacy/South
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  • In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
    Fugitive Slave Law
    Compromise of 1850
    Compromise of 1820
    Dred Scott Decision
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  • What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
    Confederate States of America
    United States of the South
    Democratic Republic of the South
    Republic of Texas
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  • What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
    To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
    To ensure that all slaves were free
    To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
    To ease the tensions between the North and the South
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  • The Underground Railroad took place in:
    Mexico
    Canada
    Both
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  • More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the confederate
    100,000
    15,000
    20,000
    10,000
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  • According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
    Bought
    Citizens
    Landowners
    Paid
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  • How were the Slaves officially freed?
    Emancipation Proclamation
    13th Amendment
    18th Amendment
    Bill of rights
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