SS8H5a Civil War

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Due to cash crops like cotton, the South depended on which of the following to maintain its economy?

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slavery

Front

The decisiveness over whether a state can fully govern what goes occurs inside their own state borders is BEST summarized as which of the following pre-Civil War concerns?

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state's rights

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Who would MOST LIKELY have made this statement in the mid-1800s? Why? "The real issue at hand is states' rights. The federal government does not have the power to tell us what we can and cannot do; our voices should matter too."

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A Southern plantation owner, because plantation owners were worried that the federal government was trying to outlaw slavery.

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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

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secession over the issue of slavery

Front

Which was an agreement that admitted California as a free state, and issued a strong Fugitive Slave Law?

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Compromise of 1850

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Prior to the Civil War, which of the following did Georgia willingly accept even though it caused division in the South? Options: state's rights, Fugitive Slave Laws, Georgia Platform, Compromise of 1850

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Compromise of 1850

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The importance of the Georgia Platform was:

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It conditionally accepted the Compromise of 1850, avoiding secession.

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Which of the following BEST describes how the Georgia Platform on the Compromise of 1850 could be said to have contributed to the eventual outbreak of the Civil War?

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The Georgia Platform caused more Southerners to believe that they could force the federal government to accept demands about slavery.

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The right of a state to void, or not to follow a federal law

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nullification

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What event led Georgia and other southern states to secede from the US? Options: the Dred Scott Decision, the 1860 Presidential election of Lincoln, the Compromise of 1850, the fighting in Kansas between slave and free settlers

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the 1860 Presidential election of Lincoln