Civil War Quiz 1 Review

The act of withdrawing or leaving the United States is called

• Secession

• Nullification

• Abolition

• Declaring Independence

For the Compromise of 1850 to work, the North had to accept

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Election of 1860

• Nullification

The Georgia Platform was proposed by Alexander Stephens to support _______.

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Tariff of 1828 and 1832 that put a tax on imports from Europe were designed to help ______.

• Northern factories

• Southern plantations

• Western cattle rachers

• Northern coal miners

The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both allowed new states to become part of the country, but did not address the question about ______.

• Slavery

• Manifest Destiny

• Nulification

• Secession

An abolitionist is someone who...

• was against slavery

• was for slavery

The South argued for more _________________________ and wanted to pick and choose which federal laws to follow, especially laws pertaining to slavery.

• State's Rights

• Nullification

• Tariffs

• Slaves

Georgia's economy depended on

• cotton

• steel

• railroads

• factories

The economy of this region was highly dependent on cash crops, such as cotton.

• North

• South

Under the Georgia Platform, this region had to agree to comply with the Fugitive Slave Act.

• North

• South