Unit 4 Quiz 1 Review

Why did some people in the North and the South have such different views about slavery?

• The South’s economy depended on slavery and the North’s economy did not.

• Most people in the South believed slavery was morally wrong.

• Northerners thought slavery was destroying the national economy.

• Southerners wanted to eliminate slavery gradually; northerners all at once.

Staunch southern proponents of states’ rights believed that states had the right of nullification. Which of the following BEST defines nullification?

• secede from the Union if it seemed necessary

• refuse to enforce a federal law within state limits

• dismiss members of the Supreme Court if they disagreed with their rulings

• call into question a presidential election results

In December 1850, Georgia held a convention that adopted the Georgia Platform which

• refused to accept the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850

• proposed immediate secession from the Union in January of 1851

• accepted the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Bill

• affirmed Georgia’s commitment to the Union, disregarding other southern states

What is the best definition for abolitionists during the antebellum period?

• groups of individuals who wanted to dissolve the Union

• leaders in the north who called for the Constitution to be abolished

• people who fought against slavery and called for it to be illegal

• officials who wanted the Dred Scott ruling declared unconstitutional

What compromise kept the balance between states and free states?

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Georgia Platform

• Nebraska Agreement

Most southern leaders supported...

• free states

• federal power

• states' rights

• Lincoln for President

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were meant to help solve what issue?

• slavery in the South

• slavery in the North

• slavery in new territories

• the election of 1860.

Why were states' rights an issue between the North and the South?

• The North wanted each state to form its own laws.

• The South wanted federal laws that applied to the whole country.

• The North did not want states to be able to make any of their own laws.

• The South did not want the federal laws to overrule the state laws.

Why was the Creek chief William McIntosh killed by his own people?

• He was of mixed background with a Native American mother and Scottish father.

• He was made the honorary chief of a neighboring Cherokee tribe.

• He signed a treaty ceding all Creek land to the U.S. government.

• He was the first cousin of Georgia’s governor, George Michael Troup.

During the American Revolution, many people in Georgia called themselves Patriots. Which of these describes what Patriots supported? (SS8H3b)

• independence from Great Britain

• Georgia becoming a sovereign nation

• punishment for Georgia colonists who rebelled against Great Britain

• Great Britain and the colonies resolving their differences