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7. Which ruling did the Supreme Court make in the Dred Scott decision?


Slaves were U.S. citizens.


Slavery was a choice each state could make.


Slaves were property.


Slavery was illegal in the northern States.

8. What helped bring Abraham Lincoln to national prominence?


Lincoln's debates with Stephen Douglas


Lincoln's efforts to abolish slavery


the Dred Scott decision


Lincoln's willingness to campaign for James Buchanan

9. What was not an element of Abraham Lincoln's platform in 1860?


passing a homestead act for western settlement


stopping the spread of slavery


making slavery legal in U.S. territories


building a transcontinental railroad

10. Which state was the first to secede from the Union and on what grounds?


Virginia, because it wanted to be the home of the capital of the Confederate States of America

South Carolina, because it thought the federal government violated its obligations to the states

Virginia, because it was closest to Washington, D.C.

South Carolina, because it wanted to acquire Fort Sumter to protect Charleston's harbor

11. What best describes Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon during the Civil War?