Civil War

The Compromise of 1850 added which state to the Union as a free state?

• Nebraska

• Kansas

• California

• Missouri

According to the Compromise of 1850, southern states were given the Fugitive Slave Act while the northern states got California as a free state.

• True

• False

States' rights is the idea that

• Final authority lies with the state government, not the national government

• Final authority lies with the national government, not the state government.

• The needs of both the state and national government should be balanced.

• The needs of the state need to be clearly explained in a constitution.

If something is nullified (nullification) it is

• not followed/ignored

• placed on hold

• ratified or approved

• changed or amended

Georgia issued the Georgia Platform of 1850 where they stated

• that Georgia would secede if they didn't expand slavery to new territories.

• that as long as the North honored the Fugitive Slave Act that Georgia would remain in the Union

• that Georgia would stay in the Union if slavery was permitted in the states below 30* parallel.

Dred Scott claimed in his lawsuit that

• since his owner was dead, he should be free.

• since slavery was immoral, he was free.

• since he passed through a free state, he was a free man.

• since he lived for a period of time in a free territory, he was free

The Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott's case stated that

• since Scott was a slave, he was not a citizen and thus had no right to sue.

• Scott would have to work the rest of his contract.

• Scott would only be free if he returned to a free state to continue the lawsuit.

• Scott was a free man.

How did the Supreme Court ruling in Dred Scott's case impact the nation?

• Northern states began to secede from the Union.

• It helped resolve some of the conflict between the North and South about slavery.

• It further divided the North and South over the issue of slavery.

• South Carolina went ahead and attacked Fort Sumter.

The Republican Party candidate in the 1860 Presidential Election was

• John Bell

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

Which of the following describes southern states' reaction to the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860?

• They took a vote to protest Lincoln's election.

• They began seceding from the Union.

• They requested a recount of the votes.

• They attacked Appomattox Courthouse.