Georgia Studies Milestone Review #3

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

• Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

Dred Scott was famous for ___________. 

• being sued by someone else
• suing for his freedom
• being in the military
• being a famous doctor

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What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

• That slavery diminished the national character.
• That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.
• That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens
• That slavery should be abolished by executive order

What was the purpose of the GA Platform?

• To support the Missouri Compromise
• To support the Compromise of 1850
• To support the Kansas Nebraska Act
• To support the Secession of South Carolina

Which branch of government is the Supreme Court located?

• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

Crisis where South Carolina threatens to leave the Union. 

• Crisis of 1833
• Nullification Crisis 
• The South Carolina Crisis 
• Abomination Crisis 

Formally withdrawing from the United States

• To Confederate
• Leaving
• Succession
• Secession

What serious problem in the U.S. led to the Civil War?

• sectionalism
• free enterprise
• patriotism 
• consumerism

South Carolina seceded from the Union after -

• a major tax increase from the federal government

• the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the USA

• Lincoln freeing all enslaved African Americans in the South

• Charleston's port being blockaded by the Lincoln

Which of the following did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

• Freed all slaves in the Confederate states that were not currently under Union control.

• Laid the groundwork for a future constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

• Allowed for African American men to fight in the Union army.

• All of the above