Causes of the Civil War - SS8H5.a

Which word is "The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state"?

• Nullification

• States' Rights

• Compromise of 1850

• Tariff

Answer explanation

For many of the Southern states, their only hope of slavery remaining legal is to allow each state the right to individually choose.

How did economics contribute to shifting attitudes toward slavery in Georgia between 1750 and 1860?

• Georgia's economic reliance on slavery in cotton production led people to try to normalize and defend it.

• Georgia's shift toward an industrial economy led to indifference and a desire only to stop slavery's spread.

• Georgia's elite grew wealthy through education and skilled work and fought for the cause of abolition nationwide.

• Georgia's growing cities attracted abolitionist speakers and writers who grew the movement to eliminate slavery.

Answer explanation

The economy of the South was built upon the backs of slaves.

Why did many Southerners oppose Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election? Select all that apply.

• Lincoln planned to lower tariffs on many European goods.

• Lincoln wanted to halt the spread of slavery in the country.

• Lincoln supported going to war with Mexico after Texas was annexed.

• They thought his victory would threaten the Southern economy.

Answer explanation

Remember, the Republican platform was centered on ending slavery. Ending slavery would ruin the current economic system of the South.

The right of a state to void, or not to follow a federal law

• Missouri Compromise

• States' Rights

• Tariff

• Nullification

Answer explanation

Remember, NULL means void.

An agreement that admitted California as a free state and issued a strong Fugitive Slave Law

• Compromise of 1850

• Nullification

• Missouri Compromise

• Tariff

Answer explanation

Remember, 1st is Missouri Compromise and 2nd is Compromise of 1850. The name of the Missouri Compromise tells one of the states involved.

1820 temporary solution to slavery issue; a free and a slave state would be admitted to the Union together to maintain their balance

• Nullification

• Missouri Compromise

• States' Rights

• Compromise of 1850

Answer explanation

This agreement allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state if Maine was made a free state.

Georgia politician who argued against secession because it would ruin GA's state economy

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Breckinridge

• Stephen Douglas

• Alexander Stephens

The importance of the Georgia Platform was:

• It paved the way for Georgia and other Southern states to secede

• It helped to establish the Democratic Party's control of GA politics

• It conditionally accepted the Compromise of 1850, avoiding secession for the time being

• It led to the formation of the Confederate States of America

In the Dred Scott Case, the US Supreme Court ruled that:

• Slaves who lived in free states were free because slavery in those states was illegal.

• Slaves and freed blacks were not citizens. Therefore, as property, slaves could be taken anywhere.

• Slaves were not citizens but could sue their masters in federal court for their freedom if they entered a free state.

• Runaway slaves in the Northern states had to be returned to their masters in the Southern states.

The first state to secede from the United States, or the Union was:

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Alabama