Prelude to Civil War & Civil War SSH8a,b

What does the term secession describe?

• the end of slavery
• The act of a state leaving a nation
• the right of the federal government to collect taxes
• the nullification of tariffs

Why were states' rights an issue between the North and the South?

• The North wanted each state to form its own laws.
• The North did not want states to be able to make any of their own laws.
• The South wanted federal laws that applied to the whole country.
• The South did not want the federal laws to overrule the state laws.

Why did the Southern states want nullification?

• They wanted to be able to ignore laws that did not work in their favor.
• They wanted each state to be able to force Northern states to follow their laws.
• They wanted laws of Southern states to be applied to all Northern states.
• They wanted to ignore the taxes that foreign governments were placing on them.

Which action allowed California to become a free state and Texas a slave state?

• Dred Scott case
• Compromise of 1850
• Georgia Platform
• Tariff of 1828

Which two things did the Georgia Platform temporarily prevent?

• Nullification and War
• Secession and slavery
• War and secession
• Tariffs and slavery

What statement best describes the Dred Scott Decision?

• The New York court system changed the law in Missouri
• Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.
• The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.
• The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

Who won the Election of 1860 for president of the United States?

• Andrew Jackson
• Dred Scott
• Abraham Lincoln
• John C. Breckenridge

What was the machine invented by Eli Whitney that could remove seeds from cotton fibers quickly?

• Wool machine
• Cotton Gin
• Sewing Machine
• Grain Reaper

What act required states to return runaway slaves to their masters?

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Runaway Act
• Underground Railroad
• Georgia Act

What is the Missouri Compromise?

• Alabama and Ohio become states.
• Missouri becomes a free state/Maine becomes a slave state.
• Missouri becomes a slave state/Maine becomes a free state.
• It started the Civil War.