Civil War and Reconstruction

In the early 1800's, some Americans believed that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law. What was this belief known as?

• absolution
• nullification
• justification
• retification

Which candidate received the largest number of votes in the United States, but no votes from any southern state including Georgia?

• Abraham Lincoln
• Stephen Douglas
• John Breckenridge
• John Bell

Which statement best explains the Missouri Compromise?

• It required captured slaves to be returned to slave states
• It allowed slavery in Maine, but not Missouri
• Missouri could have slavery
• It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states

What was the purpose of the Georgia Platform?

• It showed Georgians' support of states' rights
• It showed Georgians' support of the Compromise of 1850.
• It showed Georgians' support of popular sovereignty.
• It showed Georgians' support of slavery everywhere.

According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850,

• California was a slave state
• California was a free state
• Texas claimed New Mexico and extended slavery in that territory
• slave trade continued in the Disctrict of Columbia

Why did federal troops occupy Georgia for a third time in 1869?

• The General Assembly refused to write a new state constitution
• The General Assembly refused to set up and provide funding for public schools.
• GA's legislature would not ratify the 14th Amendment until Black legislators were elected.
• The Black legislators were expelled from the General Assembly and the KKK had grown stronger.

Campbell, McNeal Turner, and Bradley were expelled from the GA House and Senate after their elections because they

• were radicals who refused to follow the rules of the General Assembly
• had the right to vote but not the right to hold office due to their race
• had been elected by fraudulent votes
• were carpetbaggers not native to GA and believed in violence

Which issue did the Emancipation Proclamation bring to the forefront of the Civil War?

• Giving Women equal rights as men.
• Freeing African-Americans from slavery.
• Keeping the Union together.
• Ending the use of child labor.

Why was Georgia often referred to as the "heart of the Confederacy" during the Civil War?

• Georgia was the site of most of the military activities.
• Georgia's soldiers fought harder than those from other Confederate states.
• Robert E. Lee once referred to Georgia by that term and the name remained.
• Georgia had the best railroads and more industry than other Confederate states.

What was at stake during the battle of Chickamauga?

• Control of water.
• Control of weapons.
• Control of the high ground.
• Control of the railroads.