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Who won the Election of 1860?
Who is Abraham Lincoln
Which Supreme Court decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and led to tensions before the Civil War?
What is the Dred Scott Decision
Which law stated that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners, even if they were found in a free state?
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
Who won the Presidential Election of 1856?
Who was James Buchanan?
What event marked the start of the Civil War?
What was the attack on Fort Sumter
Which reform movement aimed to end slavery and was a significant cause of the Civil War?
What was the Abolitionist Movement
What was a direct result of Lincoln's election in 1860?
Southern states seceded from the Union
What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It allowed states to be able to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty
Which state was the first to secede after Abraham Lincoln was elected President?
What was the central conflict that led to the Civil War?
What is Slavery?
What is the main difference between a Civil War and other types of Wars?
Civil Wars are usually fought between one country within its own borders
Congress passed many laws regarding the issue of slavery before the civil war. What was a common theme among all of the laws?
To balance power between North and South
What was the final ruling in the Dred Scott case?
African Americans were not considered citizens and therefore had no rights
The rise of what Political party added to the growing divide between the North and South?
What is the Republican party
Which candidate(s) lost the election of 1856?
Who is John Fremont or Millard Fillmore