Antebellum Test Review 2024

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What does the word, “Antebellum” mean?

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Before the Civil War

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Which region of the United States believed that the states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government? Options: Southern, Northern, Midwest, Far West

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Southern

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States’ rights can BEST be defined as the belief that a state

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should take precedence over the interest of the national government.

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Abolition -

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The movement to do away with slavery was known as

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True or false, the South was the region of the country that supported tariffs being placed on imported goods.

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False

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Because he was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court

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Dred Scott Decision

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How did the Missouri Compromise deal with the issue of slavery?

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It prohibited slavery in territories above the southern border of Missouri (36 degrees 30)

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What word means that the people of a territory can vote on whether they want to be a Free State or slave state?

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Popular Sovereignty

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Which of the following was NOT part of the Compromise of 1850?
California came in as a free state
The South received the Fugitive Slave Act
California could decide for themselves to be a free or slave state

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California could decide for themselves to be a free or slave state

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How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?

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It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern boundary – the Mason Dixon line.