A Look into Some Causes of the Civil War

Reactions to Abraham Lincoln's election as President resulted in the southern states doing what?

(a)  

Georgia took a stance (their attitude) regarding the Compromise of 1850. Acording to the Georgia Platform what happened?

• Georgia would not agree unless the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Act

• Georgia called for nullification.

• Georgia supported the compromise.

The debate (discussion) over secession (leaving the Union) in Georgia can be described as _________.

• Some wanted to secede.

• Most wanted to secede, but many were opposed.

• There was unanimous (all) agreement to remain in the Union.

The Missouri Compromise of 1850 ​ and the Compromise of 1850 ​

• banned slavery in new states
• permitted slavery in new states
• attempted to preserve the Union

If you believe in state's rights, you would agree with which statement?

• National laws always take precedence (more important than others).

• Disputes (disagreements) between states should always be settled by the national government

• The national government has no right to tell states how to operate (work).

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to

• require slaves that had run away to go back to their owners

• require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to get jobs

• prevent (stop) slaves from testifying against whites in the courts

What action decided that California would enter the Union as free state and any slave escaping to the North must be returned to the South?

• Georgia Platform

• Compromise of 1850

• Tariff of 1828

Who in America would be very supportive of the Tariff of 1828?

• Northerners: more industry and less imports

• Southerners: pay higher prices on things they did not grow or produce

• The Freedmen: high rates of unemployment

Nullification can be defined by

(a)  

The South discussed nullification in response to

• the election of Abraham Lincoln

• the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

• Congress passing a protective tariff on imported goods