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some historians who think northerners and southerners were fairly similar believe war could have have been avoided by
Better leadership
The phrase “manifest destiny” refers to the belief that the united states
Had a divine mission to spread liberty across the continent
What was a provision of the Compromise of 1850
California would be a free state
A person dedicated to preventing the expansion of slavery in the western territories
Freesoiler
Why did the Southern states begin to secede following the election of 1860
Lincoln won presidency with 0 southern electoral votes
Uncle Toms cabin was a book that attached
Slavery
Mexican general Santa Anna warned that which U.S. action would mean war
The annexation
What did the Fugitive Slave Act specify
It ordered the return of escaped slaves to their owner
What caused violence to break out in Kansas in the mid-1850's
The Kansas - Nebraska Act
States from the upper south seceded when what happened
Lincoln called for volunteers
“Cannibals All!” was a book that attacked
Northern capitals
As a result of the Bear Flag Revolt, Captain John C. Fremont
Drove out the Mexican army
What best describes how John C. Calhoun viewed the North
As a tyrannical
The decision in the case Scott v. Sandford protected the rights of who
Slave Owners
What happened to the Democratic party in the election of 1860
They split into northern and southern divisions.
By 1860 the largest cities in the united states were located
In the north
In general, the policy of president James K. Polk was one of
Expanission across the continent
Why did the Whig party collapse in the 1850's
It did not address the issue of slavery
“Bleeding Kansas” Got its name from its fights over what
Slavery
Where were the first shots fired to begin the Civil War
Fort Sumter
The biggest technological change in this period was the appearance of the
railroad
The terms of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo started that Mexico
Had lost the Mexican war
Who were the main supporters of the new republican party
Antislavery northerners
In the 1858 Illinois Senate race, Stephen Douglas defeated Abraham Lincoln or James Buchman
Abraham Lincoln
Why Secessionists believe that they had the right to leave the Union
They had joined it voluntarily