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37 Cards in this Set
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(TorF) Generally speaking, the leading politicians of the 1850s were more willing to compromise on the important issues of the day than were previous leaders. |
false |
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(TorF) Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860 largely because the Democrats vote was split between two candidates.
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true |
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(TorF) Lincoln ordered the resupplying of Fort Sumter.
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true |
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(TorF) Most southerners owned slaves before the Civil War. |
false |
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(TorF) Lincoln carried no southern state in the 1860 election.
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true |
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(TorF) The South reasoned that because the states had voluntarily joined the Union, the states should be able to secede from the union if they chose.
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true |
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(TorF) Some Southern states made it illegal to teach slaves to read and write.
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true |
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(TorF) Most Northerners in the early 1800s were abolitionists who wanted equal rights for blacks.
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false |
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(TorF) The Confederacy chose extremist fire-eaters to lead its government.
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false |
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(TorF) For some slaves, the final destination of the underground railroad was Canada.
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true |
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Led federal troops to harpers ferry and captured John Brown. |
Robert E. Lee |
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Ruled that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional ? |
Roger B. Taney |
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Lost a Senate election in Illinois after debating with Stephen Douglas |
Abraham Lincoln |
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Gave orders to prevent all efforts to resupply Fort Sumter |
Jefferson Davis |
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Proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act with its affirmation of popular sovereignty |
Stephen Douglas |
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Statement of what a political party stands for on various issues |
platform |
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doctrine that settlers should decide the slavery issues for themselves |
popular sovereignty |
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support for eliminating slavery |
abolitionism |
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action advocated by the fire-eaters |
secession |
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the freeing of the slaves |
emancipation |
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who wrote an influential novel depicting the life of slaves? |
Harriet Beecher Stowe |
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What law was passed in 1854 to allow settlers in western lands to decide for or against slavery for themselves? |
Kansas-Nebraska Act |
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What new national political opposing slavery was formed in the 1850s? |
republican party |
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Which state was the first to leave the Union? |
South Carolina |
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Which Democrat won the 1856 presidential election |
James Buchanan |
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Name a vocal abolitionist who condemned slavery through the publication of a newspaper. |
William Lloyd garrison or Horace greeley |
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Who became the president of the confederacy? |
Jefferson Davis |
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What novel published in 1852 helped create a great rift between the North and the South? |
Uncle Tom's Cabin |
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Which leading black abolitionist traveled and gave lectures against slavery? |
Federick Douglas |
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What escaped slave returned to the South to help other slaves escape along the underground railroad? |
harriet Tubman |
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Who was chosen to be the vice president of the Confederacy? |
Alexander Stephens |
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The state that was literally split in two by the Civil War was...? |
Virginia |
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The 1854 act allowing settlers in western lands to decide for or against slavery for themselves was indirectly responsible for...? |
bloodshed in kansas |
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At the outset of the war, the North had which one of the following advantages? |
more industry |
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The Confederates fired on Fort Sumter because..... |
Lincoln was sending supplies to the fort |
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Southerners in the mid-1800s tended to... |
oppose a high protective tariff |
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Which one of the following states was the North unable to keep in the Union when was erupted? |
Tennessee |
