Antebellum Period

After the Compromise of 1850, how would new states or territories decide the issue of slavery?

• The President would decide. 
• Free above the 36.30 line, Slave below it
• Congress would decide.
• Popular sovereignty 

What are states' rights?

• The belief that states' hold more power than the Federal government.
• Rights that were put into the Constitution. 
• The belief that the states were always right in arguments with the federal government.
• Rights that the states could give or take away. 

What was the BIGGEST cause of the growing sectionalism in the US?

• Manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Tariffs
• Slavery

What is this: "The belief that states could reject a laws passed by congress if they did not like it."

• Sectionalism
• Secession
• States' Rights
• Nullification

Which of the following answer choices reflects which group supported tariffs and which group opposed them?

• North - Supported South - Opposed
• North - Opposed South - Supported

What does "secede" mean? Used in a sentence: "If the North enforces the tariff, the South will secede from the Union"

• Stay
• Go to war with
• Withdraw or Leave
• Sue in court

- The North must comply with the Fugitive Slave Act.
- North would no longer attempt to ban the expansion of slavery in new states.
What is being described here?

• Results of the Dred Scott Case
• Points of the Missouri Compromise 
• Conditions of the GA Platform
• The final straw that caused the Civil War.

What was the purpose of the GA Platform?

• To stop the Country from going to war.
• To punish the North
• To punish the South
• To encourage the Country to go to war. 

Did the GA Platform work?

• For a little bit, but not for long.
• Yes.
• Not at all. 

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?

• Runaway slaves were considered free.
• Runaway slaves must be imprisoned for life.
• Runaway slaves must be executed.
• Runaway slaves must be returned.