Civil War Concerns Flashcard

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The decisiveness over whether a state can fully govern what goes occurs inside their own state borders is BEST summarized as which of the following pre-Civil War concerns?

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states' rights

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Prior to the Civil War, which of the following did Georgia willingly accept even though it caused division in the South? states’ rights, Fugitive Slave Law, Georgia Platform, Compromise of 1850

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Georgia Platform

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Look at the box. Which of the following would be the BEST title for the box?
options: provisions of the Fugitive Slave Law, provisions in the Dred Scott ruling, provisions in the Georgia Platform, campaign platform of Alexander Stephens

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provisions in the Georgia Platform

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The diagram represents a series of chronological events that occurred prior to the Civil War. Which of the following BEST fit with the series of events? establishment of the Free Soil Party, election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860, South Carolina returned to the Union, election of Jefferson Davis in 1861

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election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

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Which of the following BEST describes how the Georgia Platform on the Compromise of 1850 could be said to have contributed to the eventual outbreak of the Civil War? Options: The Georgia Platform caused widespread anger in the North and increased its willingness to eventually fight the South. The Georgia Platform caused more Southerners to believe that they could force the federal government to accept demands about slavery. The Georgia Platform put the South in a position in which further free states joining the Union would mean seceding or accepting the inevitability of abolition. The Georgia Platform offered only a temporary compromise which did little to address the fundamental disagreements over slavery and states' rights between the North and the South.

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The Georgia Platform offered only a temporary compromise which did little to address the fundamental disagreements over slavery and states' rights between the North and the South.

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Which summarizes the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Dred Scott case?

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The Supreme Court ruled that black people, regardless of status, free or slave, do not have the right to sue anyone or any state because they do not have citizenship.

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Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War? A. tariffs, B. slavery, C. states' rights, D. women's suffrage

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women's suffrage

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By 1860, which political party was the strongest in Georgia and the South?

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Democrat