SS8H5 Test Prep

Someone who believes in states' rights would BEST support which of the following statements?

• U.S. citizens should always obey federal law.

• National laws are more important than state laws.

• The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business.

• There is no need for a national government.

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

• They were meant to peacefully resolve disputes over slavery in U.S. territories.

• They were passed by the General Assembly to settle the issue of whether or not Georgia should secede from the Union.

• They were adopted to proclaim that states had the right to "nullify" laws they believed were unconstitutional

• They formally established the Confederate States of America.

The Georgia Platform was important because it did which of the following?

• Stated that Georgia would support the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

• Announced Georgia would not support the Missouri Compromise.

• Announced Georgia would not support slavery in the western territories.

• Proclaimed that Georgia had seceded and was no longer part of the Union.

In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore they could not sue. What was the importance of this case?

• The North and South were brought closer together because for once they agreed on something.

• The North approved slavery.

• It divided the North and South even more.

• The South began freeing slaves.

North and South had conflict over which of the following?

• Slavery

• The enforcement of tariffs

• States' Rights

• All of the above

Alexander Stephens fought the debate over secession in Georgia. If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have ____.

• officially withdrawn from the Union

• agreed to a tariff

• declared war on South Carolina.

What was the nullification crisis in the 1830s?

• A dispute over tariffs, where Andrew Jackson put a tariff on European goods to ensure that the South would buy from the North.

• An act that punished those that had run away slaves.

• The amount of power states have vs. the amount the Federal government has.

• Georgia remaining part of the Union.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• An act where citizens in the North protected slaves.

• An act that punished those who helped slaves run away and forced the return of runaway slaves.

• An act where the North refused to return slaves.

• An act where the South freed slaves.

Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?

• East

• West

• North

• South

What was a direct result of Abraham Lincoln getting elected in the election of 1860?

• Taxes

• The end of slavery

• Secession

• None of the above