Certainly! Here’s how each event connected to slavery led to the Civil War, matched with the appropriate explanation:
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The Missouri Compromise:
- Answer: a geographic line separates the country into slave territory and free territory.
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Fugitive Slave Act of 1850:
- Answer: northerners resent southerners for making them participate in the capture of runaway enslaved people.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act:
- Answer: pro-slavery and anti-slavery Americans fight each other to gain political control of a territory.
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Dred Scott Decision:
- Answer: Anti-slavery Northerners feel that the Supreme Court is too pro-slavery.
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Election of 1860:
- Answer: southern states secede from the union because of Abraham Lincoln's victory.
These events contributed to the escalating tensions between slave and free states, ultimately culminating in the Civil War.