Antebellum Era

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An "abolitionist" is someone who...

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is against slavery

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The first battle of the Civil War was ...

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Fort Sumter

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Harriet Tubman was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

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True

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South? Options: It created new taxes for railroad construction., It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C., It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves, It added California as a slave state

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It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

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Who Was John Brown?

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An avid abolitionist

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In the Dred Scott decision, it was decided that:

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African Americans can not be citizens.

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What problem arose due to the US expanding west?

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Whether new states would enter as free or slave.

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What line marked the boundary of where slavery could exist? What compromise created this policy? Options: 60^0 N The Compromise of 1850, 36^0 N The Missouri Compromise, 45^0 N The Kansas Nebraska Act, 50^0 N The 3/5 Compromise

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36^0 N The Missouri Compromise

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What system allowed the people of that territory to decide whether they were to be a free or slave state?

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Popular Sovereignty

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Who tried to get slaves to revolt against their masters and considered a hero in the north and a villain in the south?

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John Brown