What amendment provides the basis for states' rights?
10th amendment
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In what speech did Lincoln state that his job as president was to preserve the union and that he had no desire to interfere with slavery where it already existed?
Lincoln's First Inaugural Address
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Who was the President of the Union during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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William Carney and Philip Bazaar were both honored for their bravery during the Civil War and were recipients of what?
the Congressional Medal of Honor
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What was the name of the system that helped slaves escape from the south to the north to freedom?
Underground Railroad
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What principle of government refers to the idea that government gets its power from the people? This was the approach that people were going to use to determine if a new state would have slavery or not.
Popular Sovereignty
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What were the major causes of the Civil War?
Slavery, states rights' and sectionalism
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What were some of the economic differences between the Union and the Confederacy prior to the Civil War?