Causes of the Civil War Assessment

Causes of the Civil War Assessment

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History

8th Grade

Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

John Brown

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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?

Back

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

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Who became the president in the election of 1860?

Back

Abraham Lincoln

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Secede means to..

Back

separate or leave

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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

Back

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

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Manifest Destiny was the belief that...

Back

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

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

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..

Back

a stronger Fugitive Slave Act.

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