Overla Am Hist Sect 1

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This is a short quiz dealing with American History 10 years prior to the Civil War. It encompasses the events from 1850 and the Great Compromise to Lincoln's Election of 1860. We examine what some would argue are the causes of the Civil War in American History.

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Overla Am Hist Sect 1

The formal withdrawal of a state from the union and it becoming a separate country or entity is called ____________

California had grown in population so quickly mainly due to the _____________

In 1850, Henry Clay, the Senator from Kentucky offered his compromise plan in allowing the state of California to become part of the Union. Of the provisions listed below, which one is NOT part of the Compromise of 1850

The three senators who were in the limelight during the formulation and debate of the Compromise of 1850 were

Punishment for violation of the Fugitive Slave Act were harsh. Under the law, anyone convicted of helping a fugitive slave were subject to _____________________

Those who risked their lives helping fugitive slaves out of slavery into freedom by moving the fugitives from hiding place to hiding place were known as _______________

The Underground Railroad is helped thousands of slaves escape the horrors of slavery and escape to freedom in the North or even into Canada. The MOST famous figure of the Underground Railroad would have been ______________

The previous question dealt with the book Uncle Tom's Cabin - who was its author

Because the Kansas-Nebraska territory was north of the 36 30 parallel line, slavery could not legally exist there, according to the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Which of the following solutions was proposed by Senator Stephen Douglass to deal with this

The state of Kansas erupted in violence due to the question of slavery mainly because of which of the following reasons

The main reason that the Supreme Court ruled against Dred Scott in his suit for freedom was _____________

In the Dred Scott decision, Chief Justice Taney took the issue of slavery in the case a step further and said that the federal government did not have the power to disallow slavery because any law that did was _____________

Which of the following was the goal of abolitionist John Brown when he seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry

Which of the four political parties AND their candidate in the 1860 election adopted the following platform: had no real stance against slavery but supported the constitution and wanted to keep the union together at all costs

Of the following, which is the correct political party, candidate, and platform:

Winner of the 1860 election was _________

The election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency in 1860 was widely accepted and supported by all Americans

Hopefully you answered false to the previous question: State the reasons that Lincoln's election was so divisive in our country:

In your opinion, could the Civil War have been avoided? Please explain your answer in some detail