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Issues Leading to the Civil War Quiz
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1Which land law repealed the Missouri Compromise, was created to allow railroad construction, created two new states in the middle of the U.S and gave a platform for State's Rights?
- ACompromise of 1850
- BKansas Nebraska Act of 1854
- CNorthwest Ordinance
2Which two issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?
- Aslavery and states' rights
- BMissouri Compromise
- CElection of Abraham Lincoln
3Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to
- Aend slavery throughout the entire country.
- Bpreserve the Union.
- Cencourage sectionalism.
4This was a congressional agreement of 1820 which included the admission of one free and one slave state to maintain the balance of free and slave states in the Union
- ACompromise of 1850
- BMissouri Compromise
5This politician from Mississippi was once Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce, thought he is more known for being the first and only President of the Confederate States of America
- AJefferson Davis
- BStephen Douglas
6This person was called the "Little Giant" because of his height and his heavy influence in politics. He was the Democratic contender against Abraham Lincoln in 1860
- AAlexander Stephens
- BStephen Douglas
7This was a 1857 Supreme Court decision that a slave, because he was not a citizen, could not sue for his freedom
- ADred Scott Decision
- BPlessy v. Ferguson Decision
8He was an Illinois Congressman and the 16th President of the United States during the Civil War.
- AAbraham Lincoln
- BUlysses S. Grant
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- This quiz assesses the issues leading to the Civil War
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- michaelbrowning.
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