TCI Lesson 21 "A Dividing Nation"

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Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war? South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, The election of Abraham Lincoln, Preston Brooks' attack on Charles Sumner

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South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter

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What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harpers Ferry?

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to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery

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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

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Which of these was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act? Options: it calmed the country's dispute over slavery, it required that all new territories would be free states, it settled the issue of slavery in Nebraska, it led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas

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it led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act nullify the Missouri Compromise?

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it allowed slavery in new Northern territories

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What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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it turned many more people against slavery

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In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?

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it included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves

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According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which areas was slavery banned? Northern states, Southern states, The Louisiana Territory, land acquired from Mexico

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land acquired from Mexico

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Southern senators feared losing _______ ________ if there were more free states than slave states.

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voting power

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The 36'30 parallel was important because it indicated where ______________ was allowed and banned.

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slavery