HOTA Antebellum Era

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Which statement about the Missouri Compromise (1820) is most accurate? Options: Slavery was banned west of the Mississippi River, unorganized territories would be governed by the United States and Great Britain, the balance between free and slave states was maintained, the 36 30 line formed a new boundary between the United States and Canada

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the balance between free and slave states was maintained

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As the Civil War began, President Abraham Lincoln stated that his primary goal was to

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preserve the Union

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The publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

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intensifying the Northern dislike of slavery

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One way that "Bleeding Kansas", the Dred Scott decision, and John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry had a similar effect on the United States was that these events...

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made sectional compromise more difficult

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Which heading best completes the partial outline below?
I._____________________________
A. Disputes over tariff rates
B. Introduction of slavery into the territories
C. Demands of abolitionists
D. Justification for economic reform

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causes of sectionalism

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The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to...

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

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What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern states from the Union prior to the start of the Civil War? Options: election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown, decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

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election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency

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The Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v Sanford (1857) was significant because it...

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ruled that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories

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Speaker A: The right way to settle the question of slavery in the territories is to let the people who live there determine if their state is to be slave or free. Speaker A would support which of the following concepts? nullification, popular sovereignty, the spoils system, federal supremacy

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popular sovereignty

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One reason abolitionists were unpopular with many Northerners from the 1830s to 1860 was because the abolitionists...

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Advocated views that increased tensions with the South