Civil War part 1

States Rights

• The belief that a states sovereignty is less important than that of the national government

• The belief that a states sovereignty is more important than that of the National government

• The act of making something null or void

Secession

• The act of writing and creating news laws in the general assembly

• A section made by the Supreme Court

• The act of separating from a nation or state and becoming independent.

Nullification

• The act of making something null or void

• A position that the government took during the 1850 compromise

• The act of separating a nation

Georgia Platform

• A position that was supported by several Georgia politicians in favor of the Compromise of 1850

• A position that evolved into a Supreme Court case known as Dred Scott Case

• A court ruling that declared slaves were not people, but property.

Election of 1860

• An election where George Washington ran for president in the fight for a New America.

• An election where Abraham Lincoln defeated 3 opponents to win the presidency, and resulted in states seceding.

• The election that resulted in the impeachment of Andrew Jackson

Dred Scot Case

• A Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States .

• A Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were citizens of the United States

• A Supreme Court ruling that allowed for slaves to move to new territory and be completely free.

Compromise of 1850

• Compromise between the east and the west over new territories and state declaration

• Compromise that was between the north and the south that allowed Texas, Michigan, and Tennessee to enter the uniting of a Fugitive Slave Law was created.

• Compromise that was between the north and the south that allowed California to enter the union as passage for the Fugitive Slave Act

Abraham Lincoln

• 18th president of the the United States that was in favor of states rights.

• 16th president of the United States that wanted to abolish slavery and wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

Someone who believes in states rights would best support which of the following?!

• Always obey federal law

• National laws are more important than state laws

• The government has no right to tell states what to do

What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise and the compromise of 1850?

• They established the confederate state of America

• They were meant to resolve the dispute over slavery in a peaceful way

• They were created to support regionalism and no federal government