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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The idea that a state's interests should take precedence over the interest of the national government.
a)
Nullification
b)
State's rights
c)
Secession
d)
Sectionalism
2.
Laws enacted in the south that took away slaves' rights.
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Nullification
c)
State's Rights
d)
Slave Codes
3.
The period before the Civil War is known as
a)
Antechamber
b)
Anteroom
c)
Anteumbrella
d)
Antebellum
4.
The belief that people of a state can vote down a federal law is known as
a)
Simplification
b)
Rectificaton
c)
Nullification
d)
Education
5.
Why are there so few first person accounts of antebellum life written by slaves?
a)
It was illegal for slaves to read and write
b)
Books about slavery were not popular
c)
Slaves didn't want to write about such an awful topic
d)
Only abolitionists wrote about slavery
6.
The 1857 Supreme Court decision regarding this man ruled that slaves aren't citizens.
a)
Judge Dredd
b)
Scott Dred
c)
Judge Judy
d)
Dred Scott
7.
What did the "Georgia Platform" support?
a)
State's rights
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Popular Sovereignty
8.
This was a concept that the country would spread from coast to coast
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Psychological Manifestation
c)
Destiny Personified
d)
My Way or the Highway
9.
A balance of power was maintained in the Senate through this Compromise with Maine entering as a free state
a)
Missouri Compromise of 1820
b)
The Compromise of 1850
c)
The Compromise To End All Compromises
d)
The Nebraska Compromise
10.
These were people who were opposed to slavery
a)
Absolutists
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Antagonists
d)
Antibiotics
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