Causes of the Civil War

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Led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to incite a slave revolt

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John Brown

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In 1820, Missouri wanted to enter the country as a slave state. In order for this to happen, Maine was admitted as well, as a free state. WHY?

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It made an equal number of slave and free states to protect the balance in Congress.

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Who became the president in the election of 1860?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Secede means to..

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separate or leave

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Popular Sovereignty was the idea that the people would vote whether or not their state would have slavery.

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the people would vote whether or not their state would have slavery.

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Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

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It was the United States' God given right to expand to the Pacific Ocean.

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The Compromise of 1850, which allowed California to join the U.S. as a free state, made an attempt to appease Southern states by creating..

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a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

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South Carolina seceding from the Union was a direct result of what event? Options: a major tax increase from the federal government, Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South, the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA, Charleston's port being blockaded by Lincoln.

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the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

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different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.

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Sectionalism

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What MAIN outcomes came from the Supreme Court decision Dred Scott vs Sandford?

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Slaves are property, not citizens