Civil War Unit Review

What event led Georgia and other southern

states to secede from the US?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Fighting in Kansas between slave and free

  settlers

• Compromise of 1850

• 1860 Presidential election of Lincoln

What crop kept slavery a necessity to Georgia's

economy and the Southern way of life?

• Tobacco

• Rice

• Indigo

• Cotton

From 1820 to 1860, Congress was able to settle

the differences between the North and South by

the method of ___________________ , where both sides

gave up something.

• Arbitration

• Mediation

• Judgement

• Compromise

Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue

between the North and the South that contributed

to the Civil War?

• Tariffs

• Slavery

• States' Rights

• Women's Suffrage

What did the Supreme Court conclude in the

case of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Slavery could not be abolished by amending the Constitution.

• Children of freed slaves were the property of the original master.

• Slaves could not buy their freedom with money.

• Slaves or free blacks were not U.S. Citizens.

Agreement that admitted California as a free

state, allowed popular sovereignty to decide the

slave issue in western territories, and issued a

strong Fugitive Slave Law.

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• California Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

An 1820 temporary solution to slavery issue; a free

and a slave state would be admitted to the Union

together to maintain congressional balance.

• Nullification Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• California Compromise

The Georgia Platform ....

• paved the way for Georgia and other Southern

  states to secede.

• It helped to establish the Democratic Party's

  control of GA politics.

• It conditionally accepted the Compromise of

  1850, and avoided secession.

• It led to the formation of the Confederate States

  of America.

The main issue that divided the North and South

before the Civil Was was:

• Elections

• Slavery

• Tariffs

• Taxes

Which of the following was NOT a part of the

Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott v.

Sandford case?

• Free African Americans were granted US

  citizenship.

• Slaves could not be citizens of individual states.

• The Missouri Compromise was ruled

  unconstitutional.

• Living in a free state did not make a person free.