SS8H5 a Civil War Quiz

What was one of the key issues that led to the Civil War?

• a. States' rights

• b. Industrialization
  

• c. Women's suffrage
  

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     d. Immigration

  
  

Which of the following was an important event related to the Civil War?

• a. The Boston Tea Party
  

• b. The Emancipation Proclamation
  

• c. The Louisiana Purchase
  

• d. The Trail of Tears

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?

• a. The desire for more farmland
  

• b. The issue of slavery
  

• c. Taxation without representation
  

• d. Westward expansion

Which Georgia politician was known for advocating the Georgia Platform during the debates over the Compromise of 1850?

• a. Abraham Lincoln
  

• b. Tom Watson

• c. Alexander Stephens
  

• d. Martin Luther King Jr.

What was the Dred Scott Decision?

• a. A legal ruling that declared Dred Scott a free man
  

• b. A decision that strengthened the rights of enslaved people
  

• c. A decision that abolished slavery in the United States

• d. A Supreme Court decision that denied citizenship to enslaved people

Who won the presidential election of 1860, which played a role in the events leading to the Civil War?

• a. Abraham Lincoln

• b. Ulysses S. Grant
  

• c. Andrew Johnson

• d. Jefferson Davis

Which Georgia politician strongly supported secession during the debates over leaving the Union?

• a. Henry Grady
  

• b. Jimmy Carter

• c. Henry Grady

• d. Alexander Stephens

Which of the following WAS NOT a key issue that led to the Civil War?

• a. Slavery
  

• b. States' rights
  

• c. Industrialization
  

• d. Nullification

How was the Georgia Platform related to the Compromise of 1850?

• a. It was a plan to industrialize Georgia
  

• b. It was a statement of Georgia's support for the Compromise of 1850
  

• c. It was a political party in Georgia
  

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     d. It was a plan to expand slavery in Georgia

  
  

The Compromise of 1850 aimed to address which issue?

• a. The expansion of the cotton industry
  

• b. The issue of states' rights
  

• c. The spread of slavery into new territories
  

• d. The elimination of taxes in the South