H5 Review Game SCMS 8th Grade SS

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Name the 3 causes of the Civil War: Slavery, States Rights, Nullification, or Federal Rights?

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Slavery, States Rights, Nullification

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Withdrawal of a state or states from the United States.

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secession

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The Union's original goal for fighting in the Civil War.

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To preserve the Union

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The belief that a state's interests should take precedence (priority) over the interests of the federal government.

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states' rights

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The argument that a state has the right to nullify, or not follow a federal law.

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nullification

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A series of laws aimed to keep balance between the slave states and free states: Major terms of the compromise included admitting California to the Union as a free state and passing the Fugitive Slave Act to please the slave states.

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Compromise of 1850

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A proclamation stating that Georgia would support the Union and the Compromise of 1850. Other states followed GA's lead, preventing civil war for 11 years.

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Georgia Platform

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The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans, whether slave or free, were not citizens of the U.S. and also ruled that the federal government could not prohibit slavery in the western territories.

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Dred Scott Case

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He became the 16th president of the United States but his victory in the Election of 1860 prompted the southern states to hold secession conventions.

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Abraham Lincoln

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A strategy in which the North used its superior navy to prevent the South from shipping cotton to England and France in return for weapons and other supplies. Georgia ports at Savannah, Brunswick and Darien were blocked by Union ships.

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Union blockade