Us History Ch. 13

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(TorF) the crittenden compromise failed to pass the republican controlled congress

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true

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(TorF) Abraham Lincoln believed congress should abolish slavery in the south

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false

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(TorF) buchanan was a pennsylvanian sympathetic to the south

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true

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(TorF)chief justice roger taney claimed that the construction recognized free blacks as citizens

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false

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(TorF) Abolitionists were primarily responsible for the violence in bleeding kansas

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false

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(TorF) by 1850 nearly half of all american owned slaves

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false

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(TorF) thousands of slaves escaped via the underground railroad

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true

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(TorF) southern senators blocked the Wilmot proviso each time it passed in the house

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true

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southern democrat candidate in the crucial election of 1860

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john c. breckingridge

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president of the confederate states of america

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jefferson davis

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first republican president

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abraham lincoln

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supreme court justice who denied that blacks had citizenship rights

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roger taney

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fanatical antislavery terrorist

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john brown

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last democrat, pro compromise president(1857-61)

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james buchanan

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was hero and the first republican candidate for president

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john c. fremont

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illinois senator who was one of the major proponents of popular sovereignty

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stephen douglas

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constitutional union candidate in the crucial election of 1860

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john bell

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southern representative who caned a northern senator in the senate chamber

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preston brooks

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belief that each territory can decide on the status of slavery within its border

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popular sovereignty

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acceptance of slavery in the south, rejection of slavery in the territories

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free-soiler

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leaving the union

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secession

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slave revolt

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secret six

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antislavery , probusiness

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republican

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anti-immigrant, anti-catholic

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know-nothing

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radical southerner

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fire-eater

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california gold rush

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49ers

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whose compromise measure failed in a last-ditch effort to save the Union?

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John j. crittendens

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Who was the southern spokesman for slavery in the territories

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john c. calhoun

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what was the name of the former slave who the supreme court denied was a citizen with rights?

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dred scott

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where was the first shot of the war between the states fired?

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fort sumter, charleston

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which party was created in 1860 by conservation northerners and southerners who wanted to preserve the union

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constitutional union party

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which federal arsenal was attacked in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolts

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harpers ferry

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which party slogan was " free soil, free speech, free labor, and free men?

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free soil party

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what was the most probable the most effective propaganda tool for abolition?

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uncle toms cabin

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which provision of the compromise of 1850 actually worsened tensions between the north and the south?

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fugitive slave law

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according to daniel webster, why was the debate over slavery in the new territories needless?

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the climate of the new territories cannot support slavery.

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the south resisted the admission of California as a state because they???

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feared the loss of power in the senate

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what was the greatest spur to the american settlement of california

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gold rush

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the calhoun resolutions said that slavery.....

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could not be banned until a territory became a state

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the wilt proviso said that slavery

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must be banned in any territory acquired from mexico

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what event caused the upper south to secede

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lincolns call for troops

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what event caused the lower south to secede

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the election of lincoln

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according to lincoln, what was at the heart of his debate with douglas?

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the immorality of slavery

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what was the basic position of the freeport doctrine

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territories can prohibit slavery by refusing to adopt laws that establish it

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proslavery forces were responsible for the...

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sack of lawrence

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what party became the real successor to the wig party?

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republican party