Confronting the issue of Slavery
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Decision
Election of 1860
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When did Illinois become a free state?
1818
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What was the Missouri Compromise for?
Decide slave and free states
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Was the Compromise of 1850 accepted?
Yes
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What year did Dred Scott sue?
1857
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Who was elected president?
Abraham Lincoln
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Which side wanted to abolish slavery? North or South?
North
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Which state wanted to be a free state? Maine, Rhode Island, or Texas?
Maine
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Which two states became slave states? New York, Florida, Utah, Ohio, New Mexico, or North Carolina?
Utah and New Mexico
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Did the Dred Scott delight slaveholders?
Yes
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Who started the civil war?
The south
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Was Rhode Island a slave state?
No
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What was one decision in the Missouri Compromise?
Congress admitted Maine as a slave state
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What year did congress vote to set aside all slavery Petitions?
1836
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What was one bomb shell that was dropped on Dred Scott's sue?
Declared where he was a free Wisconsin did not make him a free state
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Which was in the minority of power?
The south
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What was the number of free states?
11 states
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What did they do for the Missouri Compromise?
They drew an imaginary line separating free and slave states
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What party was dissolved after the compromise of 1850?
The whig party
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What newspaper said that it was wicked and false judgment to deny Dred Scott's sue?
New York Tribune
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What happened in 1860?
Delegates attending a state convention voted the same day
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What was the number of slave states?
11 states
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Who was talking about Civil war? North or South?
South
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Who ended the slave trade in Washington D.C?
Henry Clay
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Why did the Senate not accept Dred Scott's sue?
Because they said he was not a citizen
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What fort was attacked by the South?
Fort Sumters
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