Exam 13: The Sectional Crisis

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Which state flouted the Fugitive State Law?

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How would opponents of slavery have responded to the Fugitive Slave Act,the Dred Scott case,and the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

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a.Opponents of slavery would have been outraged by all three and would have felt that they were losing ground in the struggle to end slavery.
b.They were already ignoring the provision in the Constitution requiring states to return fugitive slaves,so they would have flouted the Fugitive Slave Act.
c.Some states already treated freed blacks as American citizens,so they would have continued to do so.
d.Because the Kansas-Nebraska Act let the people living in those territories decide whether they wanted to be free states or slave states,opponents of slavery would have settled in Kansas.
e.Harriet Beecher Stowe responded by writing Uncle Tom's Cabin.
f.John Brown responded by trying to incite a slave insurrection.
g.Abraham Lincoln responded by criticizing the Dred Scott decision in political debates.

What did John Brown oppose?

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The actions of which of the following inspired John Brown to launch a slave insurrection?

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In the election of 1860,the Republican Party did not need a single __________ vote to win the presidency.

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How did events in the middle of the nineteenth century push the South toward secession?

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Who used the following quote to describe the situation in the United States in the late 1850s?: "A house divided against itself can not stand."

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In what way were Dred Scott v.Sandford and Marbury v.Madison similar?

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Which of the following was a candidate being considered for the Republican presidential nomination in 1860?

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Which of the following would have required that Kansas and Nebraska be admitted into the Union as free states?

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In contrast to the Erie Canal,the Cumberland Road was built with financing from __________.

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In Dred Scott v.Sandford,what did the Supreme Court say infringed on the property rights of slaveholders?

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"Bleeding Kansas" refers to the violent conflict between supporters and opponents of __________.

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According to the video in the introduction,what triggered a series of events that would culminate in the Civil War?

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Stephen Douglas would have agreed with the Whig Party on which of the following?

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Which of the following would be punished under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?

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To many Southerners,John Brown was a __________.

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  -Based on the information in the map,which presidential candidate failed to gain any electoral votes from any states where slavery was allowed? -Based on the information in the map,which presidential candidate failed to gain any electoral votes from any states where slavery was allowed?

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Which of the following contained a provision requiring all states to return fugitive slaves?

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According to the introductory video in section 13.1,who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

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