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Who was Dred Scott and what was the supreme court ruling on his case.
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A slave and that he is only property and cannot be free.
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What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
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It was a law that said all slaves who escaped have to go back to their owners if they were caught.
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Why did the southern states leave the Union?
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They left the Union because Lincoln was elected president.
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Who was John Brown?
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An abolitionist who wanted to fight slavery on his own so he started a rebellion on Harpers Ferry,Virginia and he got caught and hanged.
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Who did Abraham Lincoln run against in the Senate race?
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Stephen Douglass
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What was the final event that started the Civil War?
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The attack on Fort Sumter.
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What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
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Republican Party
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Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe and why was she important?
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A writer in New England and she wrote a book about the cruelty of slavery called Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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Uncle Tom' Cabin is a book about what?
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Cruelty of slavery
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Who was the president of the Confederate States of America?
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Jefferson Davis
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