Review of 3B Sectionalism and Civil War

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During the 1840s, supporters of Manifest Destiny favored acquiring Texas and California.

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acquiring Texas and California

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Which constitutional principle was the main focus of the North–South conflicts that led to the Civil War?

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States rights

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Slavery throughout the United States was permanently abolished by the

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adoption of the 13th amendment to the Constitution

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• Publication of The Liberator • Kansas-Nebraska Act • Dred Scott decision The events listed above all contributed to the

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outbreak of the Civil War

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In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in Heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to “preserve, protect, and defend it.” — President Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to

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convince Southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life

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When President Lincoln made this speech, which step toward civil war had already taken place?

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Several Southern states had seceded from the Union.

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Which event led directly to the secession of several Southern states from the Union?

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election of Abraham Lincoln as president

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Which heading best completes the partial outline below? I. __________________________________ A. Suspension of habeas corpus B. Signing of Emancipation Proclamation C. Election of President Lincoln to second term

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Events During the Civil War

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Which action is most closely associated with the term Manifest Destiny? (1) (2) (3) (4) Options: declaring independence from Great Britain, deciding to end the War of 1812, acquiring territory from Mexico in 1848, annexing Hawaii and the Philippines

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acquiring territory from Mexico in 1848

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Most Southern political leaders praised the Supreme Court decision in Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857) because it

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protected the property rights of slave owners in the territories