Georgia Studies Exam SS8H5

Which region of the United States believed that the states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?

• Southern States

• Northern States

• Great Lakes states

• Pacific Coast States

States' Rights can BEST be defined as the belief that states

• could leave the Union at any time if they chose to

• could maintain slavery if their population wished to

• could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state

• could force the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

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 the states how to operate

• States could only pass legislation on issues set out in the US Constitution.

• Disputes between states should always be settled by the national government.

The early 1800's belief of some people that a state could vote down a federal law was known as

• absolution

• ratification

• justification

• nullification

The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to

• let Missouri have slavery until 1850

• allow slavery in Maine but not in Missouri

• maintain a balance of slave and free states

• return slaves captured in free states to slave states

Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?

• owning slaves was forbidden in Washington,DC

• slavery was permitted in the new state of California

• importation of slaves from Africa was declared illegal

• runaway slaves had to be returned to southern owners

What outcome resulted from the Compromise of 1850?

• Slavery was eliminated in the District of Columbia

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

• Texas was allowed to annex New Mexico extending slavery into that territory

• Popular sovereignty was established, allowing states to vote on whether or not to have slavery

The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting

• states' rights

• popular sovereignty

• the Compromise of 1850

• slavery throughout the United States

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to

• prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings

• prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials

• required slaves that had run away to be returned to their owners

• required slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs

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

• because he returned to a slave state and he could not be freed

• because he 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 was the property of his owner and could be taken anywhere