Unit 9 CFA Practice

What do supporters of states' rights believe?

• states can refuse to follow any federal law they think is unconstitutional

• states have the right to distribute property how they want

• states can withdraw from the Union at any time

• states have rights just like individuals do

The variety of candidates that had at least some measure of support in the 1860 presidential election reflected the sectional turmoil in the United States over which of the following issues?

• territorial expansion

• temperance

• urban development

• slavery

What did the Supreme Court conclude in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Slavery could not be abolished by amending the US Constitution.

• Children of freed slaves were the property of the original slaveholder.

• Neither free nor enslaved African Americans could become US citizens.

• Slaves could only buy their freedom with money they earned themselves.

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• raise taxes on the rich

• end government corruption

• nationalize major industries

• prevent the spread of slavery

Which of the following resulted from President Andrew Jackson's attempt to balance trade between the North and the South?

• the Compromise of 1850

• the Missouri Compromise

• the Secession Convention

• the nullification controversy

Which of the following was NOT an issue that drove the North and the South apart, leading to the Civil War?

• tariffs

• slavery

• states' rights

• women's suffrage

Which of the following actions was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

• secession over border disputes

• secession over international tariffs

• secession over the issue of slavery

• secession over the Missouri Compromise

Which political party wanted to leave slavery alone where it existed, but ban it in the territories, during the presidential campaign of 1860?

• Republicans

• Southern Democrats

• Constitutional Unionists

How did the Georgia Platform help keep the Southern states in the Union in 1850?

• by supporting all aspects of the Compromise of 1850

• by endorsing the Compromise of 1850, with qualifications

• by proposing a county-by-county referendum on the Compromise of 1850

• by holding a statewide vote to determine support for the Compromise of 1850

What document outlined southern rights and Georgia's acceptance of the Compromise of 1850?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• The Georgia Platform

• The California Compromise