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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 Sovereignty
    Popular Democracy
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  • The term for someone who fought to end slavery.
    Loyalist
    Segregationist
    Abolitionist
    Emancipator
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  • South Carolina seceded from the Union after this happened
    Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the U.S.
    Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation
    Abraham Lincoln promised to end slavery
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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 treaty with Great Britain regarding the border between Canada and the Unite
    A set of laws designed to keep the peace between the North and the South
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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.
    States Rights
    Economy
    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.
    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?
    Compromise of 1850
    Dred Scott Decision
    Compromise of 1820
    Fugitive Slave Law
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  • What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
    Republic of Texas
    United States of the South
    Confederate States of America
    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 solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
    To ease the tensions between the North and the South
    To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
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  • The Underground Railroad took place in:
    Both
    Canada
    Mexico
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  • More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the confederate
    15,000
    100,000
    20,000
    10,000
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  • According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
    Landowners
    Bought
    Citizens
    Paid
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  • How were the Slaves officially freed?
    Bill of rights
    18th Amendment
    Emancipation Proclamation
    13th Amendment
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