Causes of the Civil War

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According to the text, what was the main cause of the Civil War?

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Slavery

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What was the most controversial section of the Compromise of 1850?

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Fugitive slave law

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What did the fugitive slave law require citizens to do?

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Turn in anyone they knew to be a slave, enforce a law they found abhorrent, become sheriffs

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Why was the fugitive slave law terrifying to people of color in the North?

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It allowed courts to send them into slavery

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What conspiracy theory grew in importance due to the fugitive slave law?

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Slave power

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What role did railroads play in the lead up to the Civil War?

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All of the above

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What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act formalize?

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Popular sovereignty

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What political party was created as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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Republicans

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What did the Dred Scott decision declare about black people?

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They had no rights which the white man was bound to respect

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Who won the presidential election of 1860?

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Abraham Lincoln

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