Causes of the Civil War

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Why would abolitionists in Boston warn "colored people" to stay away from police and other law enforcement agents?

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the Fugitive Slave Act was passed

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How much time passed between the first and last states seceding from the Union according to the map?

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six months

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Why did Northern Democrats split from the political party to create the Republican Party?

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They did not support the spread of slavery into the new territories

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Select the statement that BEST describes the economic systems in the North and the South before the Civil War.

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The North relied on manufacturing while the South relied on slave labor for agriculture

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Select the statement that BEST describes the primary cause of the Civil War: The states had different views about the role of America in the West, Western territories were being taxed without representation in Congress, There was a rivalry between the North and the South over state rights and slavery, The states had different alliances with European countries

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There was a rivalry between the North and the South over state rights and slavery

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What did Lincoln mean when he stated "I do expect it will cease to be divided" in his House Divided Speech?

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Slavery will either need to be allowed in every state in the country or no state at all

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Which event officially started the Civil War? Options: the attack on Fort Sumter, the burning of Lawrence, Kansas, the election of Abraham Lincoln, the raid on Harpers Ferry

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the attack on Fort Sumter

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What reason was John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry important?

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A compromise was reached between the North and South

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Which statement BEST describes the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sanford?

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The Constitution protected the right to own slaves and Dred Scott lost the case

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What opinion of Lincoln is reflected in the quote: "But in the right to eat the bread...which his own hand earns, [an African American] is my equal and the equal of [Senator] Douglas, and the equal of every other man." -Abraham Lincoln, August 21, 1858?

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Certain rights and freedoms are guaranteed to all men