Georgia Platform

The Georgia Platform is associated with

• the Dred Scott Supreme Court case.

• the Yazoo Land Fraud.

• the Compromise of 1850.

• the U.S. supreme Court case of Worcester v. GA..

In politics, the term "platform" can BEST be defined as

• a stance on a political issue.

• a ruling by the Supreme Court.

• a system of counting votes.

• a misrepresentation of the facts.

Who was one of the Georgia Congressmen responsible for the Georgia Platform?

• Alexander Stephens

• William McIntosh

• John Marshall

• Samuel Worcester

What did the Georgia Platform do?

• It encouraged the free states of the North to reject the Compromise of 1850.

• It convinced the southern slave states to accept the Compromise of 1850.

• It reversed the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case.

• It persuaded Congress to pass the Indian Removal Act.

Men like Georgia's Alexander Stephens were considered "Unionist" politicians What was a Unionist?

• Southern politicians who supported slavery but also wanted the South to stay in the Union.

• Northern politicians who wanted to abolish slavery.

• Southern politicians who wanted to immediately secede from the Union over the issue of slavery.

• ALL choices

When the state legislature adopted the "Georgia Platform" what political statement was it making to the entire nation?

• The state of Georgia was ready to secede from the Union.

• The state of Georgia was officially rejecting the Compromise of 1850.

• The state of Georgia would support the Dred Scott Supreme Court decision.

• The state of Georgia would support the terms of the Compromise of 1850 & remain in the Union.

Could it be said that Georgia helped "save the Union" when the state adopted the Georgia Platform, encouraging other slave states to adopt the Compromise of 1850 & remain in the Union?

• no

• yes

• NO choices

• ALL choices

The Compromise of 1850 caused ______ among Southerners.

• harmony

• division

• happiness

• hopefulness

Southerners who were radical supporters of states' rights rejected the Compromise of 1850 and were ready to _______ from the Union.

• compromise

• preserve

• secede

• join