8th Civil War & Reconstruction

Someone who believed in states’ rights would probably support which statement? 

• National laws always take precedence over state laws.
• The national government has no right to tell states how to operate.
• States could only pass legislation on issues set out in the U.S. Constitution.
• Disputes between states should always be settled by the national government.

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to 

• return slaves captured in free states to slave states.
•  allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri.
• let Missouri have slavery until 1850.
• maintain a balance of free and slave states.

Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott? 

• because he was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere.
•  because Scott was a slave and he was not eligible to sue in court.
• because he did not live long enough in a free territory to be free.
• because he returned to a slave state and could not be freed.

These two groups fought each other in Kansas, earning it the nickname Bleeding Kansas. 

• Abolitionists and anti-slavers
• Pro-slavers and abolitionists
• Pro-slavers and slave owners
• Pro-slavers and free-soilers

What does popular sovereignty mean? 

• States can declare national laws invalid if it is in their best interest.
• State laws take precedence over national laws.
• Territories can apply for statehood if the majority of people in the state desire statehood.
• The people of the territory/state can decide if they want slavery or not.

Which statement explains how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war? 

• The Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could not stop slavery in the territories.
• The Supreme Court ruled that, while slaves were citizens, they could not sue.
• The Supreme Court ruled that slavery was not a legal right of the southern states.
• The Supreme Court ruled that runaway slaves must be returned to their owners.

After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union? 

• Joseph Brown
• Alexander Stephens
• Thomas Cobb
• Robert Tombs

Why did the North support tariffs (taxes) on imports/exports? 

• The North wanted to help their factories grow stronger and they wanted to force the South to trade with them instead of England
• none of these answers
• The Government wanted to raise money to build more railroads

Which is a reason many Georgia plantation owners favored secession? 

• A desire for increased markets in the North
• The need to import large numbers of new slaves
• Fear that abolition would end their way of life
• Trouble getting agricultural loans from Northern banks

Lincoln's election of 1860 caused what to happen? 

• The south decided to start reducing slavery.
• The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed.
• Industrialization of the nation began to decline.
• States in the south started seceding from the Union.