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1850s |
The most decisive decade in American History since its founding |
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1860s |
The most divisive decade since America’s founding |
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T/F The 1850s provided many opportunities to avoid the coming conflict |
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Blundering Generation |
Americans during the 1860s were often called the |
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T/F There were extremists in both the North and the South |
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T/F The Mexican Territories were not significant sources of conflict |
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David Wilmot |
Who was the democrat from Pennsylvania who came up with an amendment to Polk’s bill |
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Wilmot Proviso |
What proposed that the United States would prohibit slavery in all territory acquired from Mexico |
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T/F The Wilmot Proviso passed in the House |
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Calhoun Resolutions |
What stated that slave owners have the same constitutional protection as their property and that Congress and territories could not prohibit slavery; only states could |
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John C. Calhoun |
Who proposed the plan that presented a southern view of the status of slavery in territories |
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T/F Popular Sovereignty was between the Wilmot and Calhoun provisions |
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Popular Sovereignty |
States that territories could decide the status of slavery in their individual territories |
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T/F Popular Sovereignty was not popular among most democrats |
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Lewis Cass |
Who emerged as the champion of popular sovereignty |
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T/F The Whigs campaigned on the question of slavery with a strong platform in the 1848 election |
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Zachary Taylor |
Who was nominated by the Whigs during the 1848 election |
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T/F Taylor did not vote in any presidential elections before becoming president |
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T/F Taylor owned slaves |
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Free-soilers |
Those who favored allowing slavery in the territories where it already existed, but opposed its extension to other territories |
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Free soil party |
The joining of the anti-slavery and Free soil groups |
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T/F The Free Soil Party supported the Wilmot Proviso |
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Martin van Buren |
Who did the free soil party nominate in 1852 |
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T/F Taylor won in a landslide in the 1848 election |
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John Sutter |
Who discovered the gold that led to the California Gold Rush |
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Forty niners |
What were the first wave of gold hunters called |
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T/F Most forty niners followed the land route to California |
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T/F Some forty niners sailed to Central America and found a ship on the other side of the isthmus |
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T/F No people attempted the all-water route around South America to get to California due to the high risk involved |
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T/F Many People Struck it Rich after the gold rush |
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T/F Prospectors seldom left California |
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T/F California skipped the territory stage |
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The west |
What drove a wedge between north and south |
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Henry Clay |
Who introduced the Compromise of 1850 |
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Seventh of March speech |
The most crucial moment of Daniel Webster’s career |
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Daniel Webster |
Whose support was a critical factor in the passing of the Compromise of 1850 |
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Millard Fillmore |
Who was the vice president that became president and supported Clay’s proposals |
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T/F The compromise of 1850 brought some element of relief |
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Franklin Pierce |
The Democrats nominated who as their nominee in 1852 |
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Winfield Scott |
Who was the Whigs nominate in the 1852 election |
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Franklin Pierce |
Who won in a massive landslide in the 1852 election |
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Fugitive slave act |
One thing that broke the peace of the compromise was the |
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T/F Northerners were concerned that free blacks could be sent back into slavery under the fugitive slave act |
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T/F Northerners were concerned that free blacks could be sent back into slavery under the fugitive slave act |
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Fire-eaters |
What radical southern group advocated that the only way to preserve southern life was to leave the union |
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Underground Railroad |
Consisted of a series of safe houses overseen by a conductor |
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Underground Railroad |
Consisted of a series of safe houses overseen by a conductor |
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T/F The Underground Railroad was highly efficient at helping slaves escape to freedom |
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Harriet Tubman |
Famous conductor of the Underground Railroad |
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Stephen A. Douglas |
What senator from Illinois proposed the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act? |
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Stephen A. Douglas |
Who unwittingly reopened the wounds between the north and south |
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Stephen A. Douglas |
Who unwittingly reopened the wounds between the north and south |
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T/F The main reason for the Kansas-Nebraska Act was so that the transcontinental train could pass through Illinois |
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Southerners |
Who opposed the territorial organization required to build the railroad because of unanswered questions |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for popular sovereignty to decide on slavery in those states |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act kept the 36 30 compromise |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act kept the 36 30 compromise |
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T/F Southerners rejected the Act because of popular sovereignty |
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T\FThe Kansas-Nebraska Act passed due to a Democratic majority in Congress |
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T\FThe Kansas-Nebraska Act passed due to a Democratic majority in Congress |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act was popular |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the decline of the democrats |
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T/F The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the decline of the democrats |
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Kansas-Nebraska Act |
What destroyed the Whig party |
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T/F The Know-Nothings filed in the hole left by the collapse of the Whigs |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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Northerners and southerners |
The Know-Nothings were destroyed by what two inner groups |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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Northerners and southerners |
The Know-Nothings were destroyed by what two inner groups |
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Democrats |
The southern Know-Nothings joined which party |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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Northerners and southerners |
The Know-Nothings were destroyed by what two inner groups |
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Democrats |
The southern Know-Nothings joined which party |
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Republicans |
The Northern Know-Nothings joined |
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To combat immigrants |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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Northerners and southerners |
The Know-Nothings were destroyed by what two inner groups |
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Democrats |
The southern Know-Nothings joined which party |
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Republicans |
The Northern Know-Nothings joined |
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Republicans |
The real successor to the Whigs |
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To combat immigration |
Why did the Know-Nothing arise? |
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T/F The Know-Nothing’s were a passing fad |
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Northerners and southerners |
The Know-Nothings were destroyed by what two inner groups |
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Democrats |
The southern Know-Nothings joined which party |
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Republicans |
The Northern Know-Nothings joined |
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Republicans |
The real successor to the Whigs |
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T/F The republicans began as an anti slavery party |
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T/F Republicans had mild influence in the south |
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T/F Republicans had mild influence in the south |
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John C Fremont |
Republicans nominee in 1856 |
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Millard Fillmore |
Who did the American Party nominate |
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James Buchanan |
Who did the democrats nominate in 1856 |
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James Buchanan |
Who did the democrats nominate in 1856 |
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F (plurality) |
T/F Buchanan won a majority of the votes in the 1856 election |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Violent Dissension between the pro and anti slavery groups flooding to Kansas was called |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Violent Dissension between the pro and anti slavery groups flooding to Kansas was called |
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Border Ruffians |
Pro Slavery Missourians |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Violent Dissension between the pro and anti slavery groups flooding to Kansas was called |
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Border Ruffians |
Pro Slavery Missourians |
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Free-staters |
Anti slavery forces in Kansas |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Violent Dissension between the pro and anti slavery groups flooding to Kansas was called |
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Border Ruffians |
Pro Slavery Missourians |
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Free-staters |
Anti slavery forces in Kansas |
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Sack of Lawrence |
What was the attack on Lawrence, Kansas by border ruffians called |
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T/F Southerners threatened secession in the 1856 election if Fremont won |
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Bleeding Kansas |
Violent Dissension between the pro and anti slavery groups flooding to Kansas was called |
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Border Ruffians |
Pro Slavery Missourians |
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Free-staters |
Anti slavery forces in Kansas |
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Sack of Lawrence |
What was the attack on an anti slavery town in Kansas by border ruffians called |
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T/F After violent words by Charles Sumner against a southern senator, Representative Preston Brooks attacked him |
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John Brown |
Who murdered five men in the Pottawatomie Massacre |
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Dred Scott v Stanford |
What revealed that even the Supreme Court could not find a solution to the problems in the 1860s |
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Dred Scott decision |
Stated that slaves weren’t citizens and had no right to Sue; also rolled the Missouri compromise unconstitutional |
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Roger Taney |
Chief Justice on the Dred Scott Decision |
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Freeport doctrine |
Argued that a territory should still be able to prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt it |
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F |
T/F Lincoln supported popular sovereignty |
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Stephen Douglas |
Who won the Lincoln Douglas senate run |
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Stephen Douglas |
Who won the Lincoln Douglas senate run |
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F |
T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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F |
T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T |
T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T |
T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T |
T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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1860 |
The most critical election in American history |
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T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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1860 |
The most critical election in American history |
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Abraham Lincoln’s election |
Why did the upper south leave |
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T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T |
T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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1860 |
The most critical election in American history |
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Abraham Lincoln’s election |
Why did the upper south leave |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln won an easy victory because of a three way split among the democrats |
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F |
T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T |
T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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1860 |
The most critical election in American history |
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Abraham Lincoln’s election |
Why did the upper south leave |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln won an easy victory because of a three way split among the democrats |
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John C. Breckinridge |
Who did the southern democrats elect |
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F |
T/F Douglas supported James Buchanan |
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T/F Kansas rejected a pro slavery constitution |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln believed slavery was morally wrong |
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John brown |
Who attacked Harper’s ferry Virginia and got captured by Robert Lee and then hanged |
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1860 |
The most critical election in American history |
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Abraham Lincoln’s election |
Why did the upper south leave |
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T/F Abraham Lincoln won an easy victory because of a three way split among the democrats |
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John C. Breckinridge |
Who did the southern democrats elect |
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Stephen A. Douglas |
Who did the northern democrats elect |
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John bell |
Who did the Constitutional union party nominate |
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John bell |
Who did the Constitutional union party nominate |
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Secede |
The action of leaving the union |
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South Carolina |
First state to secede |
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Davis |
The confederate states of America elected who |
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Fort Sumter |
Where did the first fire take place |
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General Beauregard |
Who was the confederate general who won the battle at fort Sumter |
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General Beauregard |
Who was the confederate general who won the battle at fort Sumter |
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Major Robert Anderson |
Who was the union mayor who surrendered at fort Sumter |
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Lincoln’s call for troops |
The lower south left because of |
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Uncle toms cabin |
Appeased public opinion against the south |
