GA Civil War Unit Quiz

Which statement best explains why there are so few accounts written by slaves about their lives during the antebellum era?

• Books about slavery were not as popular as other books

• It was illegal for slaves to learn to read or write

• Only abolitionist leaders wrote books about slavery

• Slaves were not willing to write about the horrors of slavery

Which region of the United States believed that states should be able to govern themselves without interference from the national government?

• Great Lakes States

• Northern States

• Pacific Coast States

• Southern States

The early 1800’s belief of some people that a state could vote down a federal law was known as ___.

• Absolution

• Justification

• Nullification

• Ratification

In the _______________ court case, the Supreme court sided with the owners of the slave saying that he was not a citizen of the U.S. and merely property, so he did not have the right to sue his owner.

• Abraham Lincoln

• Dred Scott

• Alexander Hamilton

• William McIntosh

The “Georgia Platform” was a statement supporting _____.

• Popular sovereignty

• Slavery throughout the U.S.

• States' Rights

• The Compromise of 1850

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to __.

• Prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings.

• Prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials.

• Require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners.

• Require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs.

The Dred Scott decision made by the Supreme Court in 1857 declared that _________

• A slave in a non-slave state was considered free

• Dred Scott should be set free and given protection in the North

• Slave owners had to pay slaves a fair wage

• Slaves were property and had no constitutional rights

Which event lead to a special legislative session in Georgia to consider seceding from the Union?

• John Brown's raid

• Lincoln's presidential election

• The firing upon Fort Sumter

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

Which is a reason many Georgia plantation owners favored secession?

• A desire for increased markets in the North

• Fear that abolition would end their way of life

• The need to import large numbers of new slaves

• Trouble getting agricultural loans from Northern banks

Before the Civil War, the economy of the North was based mostly on

• Textiles

• Industry

• Agriculture