Events leading up to the Civil War Review SS8H5a

1. Which of the following was NOT one of the underlying differences between the North and South that caused tension prior to the beginning of the Civil War?

• Differing opinions on the issue of states' rights.
• Different values in regards to slavery.
• Contrasting cultures and lifestyles.
• Differing religious values.

2. What event caused South Carolina to threaten nullification and to be the first state to threaten secession?

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• Tariff of 1820
• The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case

3. As new territories applied for statehood, tensions between the north and south grew. What issue caused the rise in tension?

• The balance between Republicans and Democrats in Congress.
• The number of states that believed in states' rights versus those that were supportive of a strong federal government.
• The number of states with an industrial economy versus an agricultural economy.
• The balance between slave holding states and non slave holding states.

4. What act established a precedent of admitting a slave holding state and a non slave holding into the Union at the same time?

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• Tariff of 1820
• The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case

5. Which of the following was NOT a major part of the Compromise of 1850?

• California became a U.S. state
• Oregon would be admitted as a slave holding state
• California would be a free state
• The Fugitive Slave Act went into effect

6. Which of the following best describes the Georgia Platform?

• A plan to abolish slavery
• It supported adoption of the Compromise of 1850, even though Southern states were concerned about an imbalance of free and slave states.
• It was a proposal that supported the Fugitive Slave Act as an addition to the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
• It was the election of Alexander Stephens as the vice-president of the Confederate States of America.

7. What was the significance of the Dred Scott case?

• A slave in a non-slave state was considered free.
• Slaves were classified as property without constitutional rights.
• It allowed slaves to sue for freedom
• Slave owners had to pay slaves a fair wage.

8. Which event directly followed Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860?

• The Compromise of 1850
• The Dred Scott decision
• South Carolina's secession
• The Battle of Chickamauga

9. What was one of the main reasons Southern states, including Georgia, wanted to secede from the Union?

• Desire for more federal control
• Opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation
• Support for the abolition of slavery
• Belief in states' rights

10. Which event led to a special legislative session in Georgia to consider seceding from the Union?

• The Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case
• Abraham Lincoln being elected president in 1860
• The firing upon Fort Sumter
• The Emancipation Proclamation