Question 1

What impact did the Dred Scott decision have on the slavery issue?

Accepted Answer

It divided the country over slavery even more

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It convinced the North to secede from the Union

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It caused the president to impeach the chief justice

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It settled the debate for more than 30 years

Question 2

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

Slavery

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Taxes

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Immigration

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Foreign Invasion

Question 3

In 1859 this abolitionist raided Harper's  Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to insight a slave insurrection?

Accepted Answer

John Brown

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Frederick Douglass

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Robert E. Lee

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John Wilkes Booth

Question 4

What is popular sovereignty?

Accepted Answer

A doctrine allowing new states to decide the issue of slavery for themselves.

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An amendment to allow the direct election of senators.

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A law requiring all states to assist in the return of runaway slaves to their owners

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A proposed Constitutional amendment that would have allowed slavery in the western territories

Question 5

How did the Election of 1860 lead to southern states seceding?

Accepted Answer

The Republican candidate, Abraham Lincoln, was elected without winning any southern electoral votes.

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The election was so close it led to a divisive recount that southern states believed had suffered from tampering.

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The Democratic Party splintered into two groups, northern Democrats and southern Democrats.

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The Whig party did not nominate a presidential candidate for the first time in its history.

Question 6

How did the Fugitive Slave Law contribute to the division between slave states and free states before the American Civil War?

Accepted Answer

It required escaped slaves to be returned to their owner, even if captured in a free northern state.

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It angered slave states because it wasn't tough enough on escaped slaves.

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It made slavery legal in every state in the USA.

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It allowed escaped slaves a pathway to freedom.

Question 7

What was Abraham Lincoln's given reason for declaring war on the Confederate States of America?

Accepted Answer

Secession is unconstitutional

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Slavery is immoral

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The Confederacy can't be trusted

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