Causes of the Civil War

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People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it

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abolitionists 

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Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law

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fugitive 

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Cultural and political differences that divided the country

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sectionalism

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Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor?

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North

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Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves? Options: Fugitive Immigrant Law, Runaway Slave Clause, Fugitive Slave Law, Property Abandonment Clause

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Fugitive Slave Law

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Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

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Missouri Compromise of 1820

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

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Bleeding Kansas

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Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

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Harriett Beecher Stowe

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This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement: Uncle Ben's Cabin, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Uncle Terry's Cabin, Uncle Hank's Cabin

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Uncle Tom's Cabin

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When California applied for statehood as a free state, what did it upset?

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The balance of power in Congress