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WorksheetsH5a - Events leading to Civil War
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 2hrs 10mins
Someone who believes in states' rights would BEST support which of the following statements?
US citizens should always obey federal law
National laws are more important than state laws
The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business
There is no need for a national government
What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
They were meant to peacefully resolve disputes over slavery in US territories
They were passed by the General Assembly to settle the issue of whether or not GA should secede from the Union
They were adopted to proclaim that states had the right to "nullify" laws believed were unconstitutional
They formally established the Confederate States of America
The Georgia Platform was important because it did which of the following?
Stated that Georgia would support the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government passed the Fugitive Slave Act
Announced Georgia would not support the Missouri Compromise
Announced Georgia would not support slavery in the western territories
Proclaimed that Georgia had seceded and was no longer part fo the Union
In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue. What was the importance of this case?
The North and South were brought closer together because for once they agreed on something
The North approved slavery
It divided the North and South even more
The South began freeing slaves
The North and South had conflict over which of the following?
Slavery
The enforcement of tariffs
States' Rights
All of the above
Alexander Stephens fought the debate over secession in Georgia. If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have ________________.
officially withdrawn from the Union
agreed to a tariff
ceded land to the Native Americans
declared war on South Carolina
What was the nullification crisis in the 1830s?
A dispute over tariffs, where Andrew Jackson put a tariff on European goods to ensure that the Sough would buy from the North
An act that punished those that had runaway slaves
The amount of power states have vs. the amount the Federal government has
Georgia remaining part of the Union
What was the Fugitive Slave Act?
An act where citizens in the North protected slaves
An act that punished those who helped slaves run away and forced the return of runaway slaves
An act where the North refused to return slaves
An act where the South freed slaves
Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?
East
West
North
South
What was a direct result of Abraham Lincoln getting elected in the election of 1860?
Taxes
The end of slavery
Secession
None of the above
What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington DC.
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Georgia Platform
What was the name for the North during the Civil War?
Union
Condederacy
Red Coats
Yellow Coats
What was the name for the South during the Civil War?
Union
Confederacy
Red Coats
Yellow Coats
