Module 17: A Divided Nation (HMH)

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_________________ wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852, which described the harshness of slavery.

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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California wanted to join the Union as a free state.

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True

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Chief Justice of the Supreme Court who wrote the majority opinion for Dred Scott decision.

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Roger B. Taney

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Creating a poster showing Lincoln having dinner with blacks would been a tactic of which opponent during the Illinois senate race?

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Stephen Douglas

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How did Abraham Lincoln win the presidential election of 1860?

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Three other candidates split the slave vote and failed to win more than one free state.

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How did the end of the Mexican-American War result in growing sectionalism in the United States?

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Leaders debated whether to allow slavery into the territories gained from Mexico.

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act alter parts of the Missouri Compromise?

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Slavery could be allowed into all territories of the Louisiana Purchase now.

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How did Uncle Tom's Cabin increase sectionalism in the United States?

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Many northerners became abolitionists, while many southerners were offended by the book's description of slavery.

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How was Franklin Pierce able to defeat Winfield Scott in the 1852 presidential election? Options: Pierce was a popular governor in the most populous state. Pierce was a war hero and a longtime member of the Senate. Pierce favored restricting slavery to where it already existed. Pierce supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Pierce supported the Compromise of 1850 and the Fugitive Slave Act.

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Northerners supported passing a stronger fugitive slave law

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False