Unit 6 Civil War

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The Fugitive Slave Act

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Forced all Americans to help catch escaped slaves

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What was decided in the Supreme Court case of Dred Scott v. Sanford?

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Slaves had no citizen rights and were not protected by the Constitution.

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In the North, the most disturbing outcome (for Northerners) of the Compromise of 1850 was

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The Fugitive Slave Act

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In 1860 and 1861 seven Southern states seceded from the Union in protest of: The election of Republican Abraham Lincoln, John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, The beating of Charles Sumner, The Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision

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The election of Republican Abraham Lincoln

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The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by the federal government to reduce the conflict over slavery.

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Reduce the conflict over slavery

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Why is the battle of Fort Sumter significant?

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It was the first battle of the Civil War.

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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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When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?

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The balance of power in the Senate

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This said all blacks were NOT US citizens

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Dred Scott Case

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

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abolitionists