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