Causes of the Civil War

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This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

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Fugitive Slave Act

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This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

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Kansas Nebraska Act

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The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________ .

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prohibited, permitted or allowed

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What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

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Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

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The Dred Scott decision... Options: satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

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satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

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That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens.

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The Election of 1860 was won by the...

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Republican Party

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The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

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What caused Southern States to secede from the Union? Options: The Election of Lincoln in 1860, The Dred Scott Decision, Harper's Ferry, Bleeding Kansas

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The Election of Lincoln in 1860

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Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves?

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Fugitive Slave Law