Civil War Causes 2019

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What is the main effect of Eli Whitney's cotton gin?

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It allowed cotton to be processed more quickly and profitably and led to the expansion of slavery in the southern US.

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Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other? Options: The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate, The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads, The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories, The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations

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The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories

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The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

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settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories

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This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the passage of the Fugitive Slave law.

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passage of the Fugitive Slave law

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The law that allowed events like this to occur was passed primarily as a response to: Southern anger over the admission of California to the Union as a free state, Northern anger over the scenes depicted in the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, the controversy over whether to admit Missouri to the Union as a slave state, Southern outrage over the success of the Underground Railroad.

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Southern outrage over the success of the Underground Railroad

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Which part of the Compromise of 1850 created the most controversy? Options: the admission of California as a free state, the organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery, the ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C., the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners

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the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners

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What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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to allow the citizens to decide if a state would be a free state or a slave state

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One outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska was:

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Citizens of western territories were allowed to vote for the slave laws of their region.

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Which side in the slavery debate lost territory because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

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the pro-slavery side

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How was "the Civil War in Kansas" related to the dispute over the westward expansion of slavery?

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The armed conflict between anti-slavery and pro-slavery groups in Kansas led to bloodshed.