SS8H6 Review

People who opposed slavery were known as:  

• Confederates
•  Sharecroppers
• Secessionists 
• Abolitionists 

Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?  

•  Segregation 
•  Abolitionism
•  Secession
• Nullification

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?  

• A. Montana
• B. Michigan
• C. Maine
• D. Missouri

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states: 

•  A. Georgia Platform
• B. Missouri Compromise
• C. Compromise of 1850
• D. Kansas-Nebraska Act

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe? 

• A. The right of the states to vote on laws
• B. Abolitionism 
• C. The right of the federal government to nullify laws 
• D. The vote to end the Civil War

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories? 

• A. Georgia Platform 
• B. Missouri Compromise
•  C. Fugitive Slave Act
•  D. Kansas-Nebraska Act

What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, territories wanted to become new states, abolitionists wanted to change laws?  

• A. Tariff of 1865
• B. Missouri Compromise
• C. Kansas-Nebraska Act
•  D. Georgia Platform

Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens? . . 

• A. He was a southerner who remained loyal to the Union and served as vice president under President Lincoln
• B. He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy.
• C. He was an intimidating politician who despised most southerners
• D. He was a passionate secessionist who wanted Georgia to leave the Union immediately.

Georgia’s position on slavery in new territories during the mid-1800s was clearly stated in the 

•  A. Georgia Platform
• B. Atlanta Compromise
• C. Fugitive Slave Act
•  D. Missouri Compromise

A southern politician who believed in the doctrine of nullification would have been most supportive of  

• A. Abolition.
• B. Crop diversification
• C. A strong federal government. 
• D. States’ rights.