Events leading to the Civil War Part 1

The adoption of the Georgia Platform helped delay the Civil War by accepting the Compromise of 1850. What was one reason the state adopted the Georgia Platform?

• The state wanted federal troops to help force American Indians off of their traditional homelands in Georgia.

• The federal government promised to raise tariffs on European goods to protect Georgia's industrial economy.

• The federal government promised to limit immigration to help unemployed men and women in the South find work.

• The state supported the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act that banned northern states from protecting escaped slaves.

Read the statement and answer the question. Who would MOST LIKELY have made this statement in the mid-1800s? Why?

• a Southern plantation owner, because plantation owners were worried that the federal government was trying to outlaw slavery

• a Northern abolitionist, because abolitionists believed that the federal government should do more to halt the spread of slavery

• a Southern miner, because miners believed that the federal government should do more to remove American Indians from land that contained valuable minerals

• a Northern factory owner, because factory owners were concerned that the federal government would allow states to impose taxes on goods from other states

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Ohio

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 provides....

• a balance between free and slave states in the Senate.

• a balance between free and slave states in the House of Representatives.

• a balance between free and slave states on the Supreme Court

• A balance across the board in the U.S. government.

Analyzing the map what does Compromise of 1850 do?

• repeal the Dred Scott Decision

• invalidate the Great Compromise

• invalidate the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• creates an opportunity to end slavery.

This stated that Georgia was willing to remain in the Union after the compromise of 1850 as long as the north complied with the Fugitive Slave Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Georgia Compromise

• Georgia Platform

• The Southern Conference

What was the concern by Southern leaders heading into the Compromise of 1850?

• Southern leaders were afraid that if California was added as a free state it would give the North too much political power
• Southern leaders were afraid of another state being added to the Union in favor of slavery
• Southern leaders thought that the compromise would add stronger fugitive slave laws in the North
• Southern leaders were worried it would lead to high tariffs on European goods coming into the United States

Southerners' belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:

• confederate rights

• states rights

• national rights

• constitution rights

What was the key difference between the Northern and Southern economies that helped lead to war?

• The Southern economy depended on slavery and the Northern economy did not

• The North was predominantly Protestant and had organized religion

• North was more populous than the South

• the South was agricultural and the North focused on Industry

How did cotton relate to slavery?

• The desire to grow cotton led to increased slavery
• It did not relate to slavery
• All slaves were required to grow cotton
• Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa