What does the term “secession” describe?
Unit 5 Civil War SS8H5

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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The nullification of tariffs
The end of slavery
The right of the federal government to collect taxes
The act of a state leaving a nation
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What does the term "nullify" describe?
To void or ignore
To collect taxes
The end of slavery
The act of a state leaving a nation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the Southern states want nullification?
They wanted to separate from the Union without having to go to war.
They wanted the laws of the Southern states to be applied to all of the Northern states
They wanted each state to be able to force Northern states to follow their laws.
They wanted to be able to ignore federal laws that did not work in their favor.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were states’ rights an issue between the North and the South?
The North wanted each state to form its own laws.
The North did not want states to be able to make any of their own laws.
The South wanted federal laws that applied to the whole country.
The South did not want the federal laws to overrule the state laws.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which action decided that California would enter the Union as a free state while any slave that escaped to the North must be returned to the South?
Tariff of 1828
Georgia Platform
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott case
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which things did the Georgia Platform and the Compromise of 1850 temporarily prevent?
Nullification
Secession
Slavery
Tariffs
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln prompt Georgia to hold convention about seceding from the Union?
Lincoln wanted to repeal the Compromise of 1850.
Lincoln supported the policy of popular sovereignty.
Georgia felt threatened by Lincoln's stance on slavery.
Georgians feared that Lincoln would increase tariffs on British goods.
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