Topic 9 Part 1 Review

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false: As part of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C.

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True

Front

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Armed pro-slavery supporters who crossed the border from Missouri to vote were called Kansas Crusaders.

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False

Front

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court ruled that a slave was "property." True or False?

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True

Front

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: The Wilmot Proviso allowed California to enter the Union as a free state.

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False

Front

Indicate whether the statement is true or false: Lincoln believed slavery was moral and right.

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False

Front

Who was the first president of the Confederate States of America?

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Jefferson Davis

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Which party did the Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, & Free-Soilers join together to form?

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Republican Party

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Stephen A. Douglas's plan to let each territory vote on slavery was called ____.

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popular sovereignty

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Who became popular around the nation during the Illinois Senate race of 1858?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Southerners justified secession with the theory of ____.

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states' rights