Who was elected president of the United States in 1860 which caused many in the south to be angry?
Abraham Lincoln
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In 1854, Congress passed a law that allowed settlers in these territories to decide for themselves what to do about slavery, a concept known as popular sovereignty. What territories were these?
Kansas and Nebraska
100
The Missouri Compromise, the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act all tried to settle what problem?
Slavery
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What was the sentiment (or feeling) about slavery in the North?
Against it.
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What was the feeling about slavery in the south?
For it
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Who murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers during "Bleeding Kansas"
John Brown
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Where were the Lincoln-Douglas debates
seven cities around Illinois
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Who "rode" on the Underground Railroad?
Runaway slaves.
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The Dred Scott decision was a blow to the abolitionist movement. Why?
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, no matter where their owners took them.
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What was much of the South's economy based upon?
Agriculture (farming)
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What was the title of the speech Lincoln gave to free slaves?
The Emancipation Proclamation
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Where was the Emancipation proclamation passed?
Maryland
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The Fugitive Slave Law required people to do what (even if they disagreed with slavery)?
Return runaway slaves to their owners.
300
Who was the General in the Union during the battle of Gettysburg?
Ulysses S. Grant
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Who won the Civil War?
The North won the war
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Why would Harriet Tubman risk her life to return to the south nineteen times to help others escape to freedom?
She knew what it was like to be a slave and wanted to help others reach freedom.
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Name at least two places that runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad headed to.
The North, Canada, Caribbean, Mexico.
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What was the first initial battle of the civil war?
Bull Run
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Describe what popular sovereignty is.
The right of people to make political decisions for themselves.
400
During the Civil War, which side had the most naval forces?
The North
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What was the name of the man who claimed to have foiled the assassination plot against Abraham Lincoln?
Allan Pinkerton
500
Where was the Gun boat raid that Harriet Tubman led in 1863?
South Carolina
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This law, passed in 1820, established Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also created an invisible line across the US; north of the line would be free, south would be slave.
The Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820.
500
Frederick Douglas was involved in what reform movement?
The Abolitionist Movement
500
Who was the Commander of the Confederate army during the battle of Gettysburg?