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

• National Laws are more important than state laws

• We should obey all federal laws

• There is no need for a national government

• The National government has no right telling states how to handle their business

Why was the Georgia Platform important

• It stated that Georgia had a right to nullify any federal law dealing with cotton

• I stated that Georgia would not accept the terms of the COmpromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

• It stated that Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

• It stated that Georgia would secede from the Union

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

• north

• South

• East

• South Carolina

What was another name for the South during the Civil War?

• Union

• Whigs

• Tories

• Confederacy

What battle was said to be the bloodiest two days of the Civil War and a great victory for the South? This battle caused the Union forces to retreat into Chattanooga.

• Kennesaw

• Chickamauga

• Atlanta

• Antietam

What was the impact of Sherman's "March to the Sea"?

• The Union soldiers lost their will to fight

• It led to Lincoln issuing the Emancipation Proclamation

• It gave the South hope that they would win

• It left a path of devastation and destruction from Atlanta to Savannah

What was the purpose of the naval blockade by Union ships on the coast of Georgia?

• It was an attempt to block all of the railroad stations

• It was an attempt to block all supply routes between the South and Britain

• It was an attempt to stop Lee's army from advancing to Washington DC

• It was an attempt to block the passage of the Missouri Compromise

What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Georgia Platform

• The Nullification Crisis

• The Compromise of 1850

The election of Abraham Lincoln led to

• southern states seceding from the Union

• southern states protesting with a March in Washington DC

• northern states nullifying the election results

• a recount in Illinoise

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

• Joined the Union

• Seceded from the Confederacy

• seceded from the Union

• won the war