Civil War Review

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According to popular sovereignty, who decides whether or not to allow slavery?

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voters in a territory decided whether or not to allow slavery

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"Bleeding Kansas" refers to

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The violent fight between abolitionists and pro-slavery settlers.

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Which of the following statements was probably made by a Southerner? Options: "No state can lawfully leave the Union.", "I speak not as a Massachusetts man, nor a northern man, but as an American. I speak for the preservation of the Union.", "Let the states agree to separate and part in peace.", "Only Congress has the power to end slavery."

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"Let the states agree to separate and part in peace."

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The belief that a state has the right to cancel a federal law that it considers unconstitutional is known as

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nullification

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In the Dred Scott Decision, the Supreme Court held that

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Congress did not have the power to outlaw slavery in a territory (therefore the Missouri Compromise was void)

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Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" speech

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warned of problems the nation would face half slave and half free.

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As a result of Abraham Lincoln's election as President in 1860, several southern states called for

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secession from the Union.

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Why did Lincoln handle the slavery issue cautiously at the beginning of the Civil War?

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because he wanted the Border States to remain in the Union

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President Lincoln's main goal throughout the Civil War was to: abolish slavery throughout the nation., break the South's dependence on cotton., end British control of the western territories.

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preserve the Union.

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Which statement accurately describes the early days of the Civil War?

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Both sides realized that their hopes for a short war were unrealistic.