Causes of the Civil War

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What activity came out of the Kansas Nebraska Act?

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Bleeding Kansas

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Which statement best describes slaves and the Underground Railroad? They were willing to go through many risks to pursue freedom, All slaves went through because it was not risky at all, Slaves had a hard time going because it was so expensive

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They were willing to go through many risks to pursue freedom

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What event officially started the Civil War? Options: Harpers Ferry, Lincoln Douglas Debates, Dred Scott Case, attack at Fort Sumter

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attack at Fort Sumter

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An enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state

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Dred Scott

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Which of the following goes with this picture? Fugitive Slave Act, Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown's Raid, Dred Scott Decision

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Fugitive Slave Act

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In the Compromise of 1850 what state became a slave state?

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Texas

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In the Compromise of 1850 this state became a free state?

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California

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The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use_________________ to determine whether the territory would be a free state or a slave state. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.

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Popular Sovereignty

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Which of the following best describes John Brown?

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radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

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Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

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the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.