Question 1

The Compromise of 1850:

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d. ALL of the above

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a. let California join the Union as a free state

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c. provided financial aid to Texas in exchange for giving up its land claims in the New Mexico Territory

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b. prohibited the slave trade in Washington D.C.

Question 2

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:

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d. Both B & C

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c. included provisions to ensure its enforcement

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b. obliged citizens to aid in the capture of runaway enslaved people

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a. allowed enslaved people the right to a trial by jury

Question 3

This proposal, which failed to pass both Houses of Congress, stated that “neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of [the] territory”:

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b. Wilmot Proviso

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a. Kansas-Nebraska Act

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c. Fugitive Slave Clause

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d. Fugitive Slave Compromise

Question 4

This political party, created during the late 1840s was created by antislavery northerners who supported the Wilmot Proviso:

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b. Free-Soil Party

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d. Constitutional Union Party

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a. Free-Mason Party

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c. Republican Party

Question 5

Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

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a. inspired more northerners to become abolitionists

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c. told the fictitious story of a enslaved family living in a cabin in Michigan

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d. Both A & C

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b. inspired more southerners to become abolitionists

Question 6

The Kansas-Nebraska Act:

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c. allowed citizens of Kansas and Nebraska to vote if slavery would be allowed there

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a. was proposed by Henry Clay

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b. created the states of Kansas and Nebraska

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d. Both A & C

Question 7

In 1856, after a congressional committee found ample credible evidence that the vote to elect the Kansas legislature was unfair, this U.S. president disagreed with the committee’s findings:

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b. Franklin Pierce

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c. Stephen A. Douglas

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a. Zachary Taylor

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d. Abraham Lincoln

Question 8

As a result of the Senate race against Stephen A. Douglas in 1858, Abraham Lincoln increased his _____ to voters throughout the country:

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d. ALL of the above

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b. reputation

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c. profile

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a. popularity

Question 9

In 1859, this individual organized and led a small group of men in an attack against a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia:

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b. John Brown

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d. Harriet Beecher Stowe

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c. Roger B. Taney

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a. Dred Scott

Question 10

During the presidential election of 1860, this major political party was divided over the issue of slavery and nominated two candidates:

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a. Democratic

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b. Free-Soil

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c. Free-Mason

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d. Constitutional Union

Question 11

By 1860 this political party had emerged, consisting mostly of former Whigs from the South that wanted to avoid secession, and nominated John Bell for president in that years election:

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d. Constitutional Union

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b. Free-Soil

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c. Free-Mason

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a. Democratic

Question 12

There were four major candidates in the presidential election of 1860: John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, Stephen A. Douglas, and this person who was the victor and became the 16th President of the United States:

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c. Abraham Lincoln

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a. Daniel Webster

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d. John C. Calhoun

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b. Martin Van Buren

Question 13

As Congress was debating the Compromise of 1850, this U.S. Senator from the state of Massachusetts proclaimed on the Senate floor, “I wish to speak today, not as a Massachusetts man, nor as a Northern man, but as an American

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Daniel Webster

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Illinois

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California

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Henry Clay

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John Brown

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Bleeding Kansas

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Roger B. Taney

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South Carolina

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Personal Liberty Laws

Question 14

In 1852, this individual released their novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which had a profound impact on how many Americans viewed the practice of slavery

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Bleeding Kansas

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Daniel Webster

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Illinois

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Roger B. Taney

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California

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South Carolina

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Stephen A. Douglas

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John Brown

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Henry Clay

Question 15

This was enacted by Congress in order to clarify how the Fugitive Slave Clause in the U.S. Constitution was to be interpreted and put into practice

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Personal Liberty Laws

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South Carolina

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Henry Clay

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Illinois

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John Brown

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Roger B. Taney

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Daniel Webster

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California

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Bleeding Kansas

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Stephen A. Douglas

Question 16

As a member of Congress, this person proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, ran for re-election against Abraham Lincoln in 1858, and was a candidate for the presidency in 1860

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Stephen A. Douglas

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California

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Henry Clay

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South Carolina

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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John Brown

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Illinois

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Bleeding Kansas

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Daniel Webster

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Roger B. Taney

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

Question 17

Shortly after the Mexican-American War, the potential admission of this state to the Union as a free state sparked controversy

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California

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Roger B. Taney

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Bleeding Kansas

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Henry Clay

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John Brown

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Daniel Webster

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Illinois

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South Carolina

Question 18

This term is used to describe the period of time when a series of violent attacks between antislavery and proslavery supporters occurred in Kansas

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Bleeding Kansas

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Henry Clay

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Daniel Webster

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Personal Liberty Laws

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John Brown

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South Carolina

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Illinois

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California

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Roger B. Taney

Question 19

Northern states passed these, which provided suspected runaway enslaved people the right to a jury trial, while also protecting free African Americans

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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South Carolina

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John Brown

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Bleeding Kansas

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Roger B. Taney

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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California

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Illinois

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Henry Clay

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Daniel Webster

Question 20

One of the most prominent politicians in U.S. history, while serving as a U.S. Senator from Kentucky he proposed the Compromise of 1850

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Henry Clay

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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California

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Bleeding Kansas

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Illinois

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John Brown

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South Carolina

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Roger B. Taney

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Daniel Webster

Question 21

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas ran against each other in 1858 to represent this state in the U.S. Senate

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Illinois

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South Carolina

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Roger B. Taney

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Bleeding Kansas

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Henry Clay

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Daniel Webster

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Stephen A. Douglas

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California

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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John Brown

Question 22

On December 20, 1860, this became the first state to secede from the Union

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South Carolina

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Illinois

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Bleeding Kansas

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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John Brown

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Roger B. Taney

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Daniel Webster

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Henry Clay

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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California

Question 23

A radical abolitionist, this individual was responsible for leading an attack against pro-slavery supporters in Kansas in 1856 and then leading an assault in 1859 on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, Virginia

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John Brown

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Illinois

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California

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Daniel Webster

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Bleeding Kansas

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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Henry Clay

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Roger B. Taney

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South Carolina

Question 24

This individual was serving as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court when the Court heard Dred Scott’s case and ruled that Scott was still an enslaved person

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Roger B. Taney

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California

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Bleeding Kansas

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Henry Clay

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Daniel Webster

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Personal Liberty Laws

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Illinois

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Fugitive Slave Clause of 1793

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John Brown

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South Carolina

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Stephen A. Douglas

Question 25

There were seven states that seceded from the Union. Type the name of each state that seceded from the Union.

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Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas

Question 26

How did Uncle Tom’s Cabin influence the abolitionist (antislavery) movement:

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Uncle Tom’s Cabin  was an extremely popular and transformational book whose portrayal of a fictional enslaved person (Uncle Tom) and depicted how he was poorly treated by his slaveholder served as an inspiration for many Northerners to become abolitionists

Question 27

Explain how the Kansas-Nebraska Act contributed to increasing hostilities between antislavery and pro-slavery supporters

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freetext://The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed citizens of each of the two newly created territories to vote for themselves if slavery would be allowed or prohibited, ignoring what had been established by the Missouri Compromise several decades earlier which had prohibited slavery in territories north of 36˚ 30, which included Kansas and Nebraska, greatly angering many antislavery supporters, especially in the North
-Upon its enactment, there was much uncertainty as to which Kansas would vote in support of and as such, both antislavery and pro-slavery supporters flooded into the Kansas Territory (to try and influence the election)
-Pro-slavery voters from Missouri crossed the border and illegally voted in the Kansas election and because of this territories legislature had a massive pro-slavery majority
-In response, antislavery Kansans established their own government
-A congressional committee later determined enough credible evidence existed to declare the election in Kansas unfair, however President Pierce didn’t agree with the committee’s findings
-An ensuing period of violence broke out nicknamed “Bleeding Kansas”

Question 28

Who was Dred Scott, and why was his case (which made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court) historically significant:

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freetext://The Court ruled that Scott was still an enslaved person
-The Court stated that even though Scott had lived on free soil for a period of time, it did not mean he was free
-The Court said as an enslaved person, Scott had no rights under the U.S. Constitution, and thus no right to bring forth a lawsuit
-The Court declared that Congress had no power or authority to prohibit slavery in any U.S. territory and that the Missouri Compromise was thus unconstitutional
-The Court’s verdict angered many in the North, and was well-received in the South – further dividing the nation over the issue of slavery
-The verdict reestablished to many pro-slavery supporters in the South that slavery was legal and protected by the U.S. Constitution

Question 29

In early 1861, how did President Lincoln respond to the Southern states that had seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America:

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freetext://Lincoln believed that the Union must be preserved
-In his inauguration address, Lincoln stated that secession would not be allowed, he committed to the protection of federal property (in the South) and enforcing the laws of the United States (in the South)
-Lincoln didn’t believe that the minority (those who didn’t support and/or recognize his presidential election victory) had the right to break up the government

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