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People who called for the ending of slavery were known as...
States' Rights advocates
Democrats
abolitionists
secessionists
What advancement could be seen as helping to cause the Civil War?
plow
light bulb
railroads
cotton gin
What refers topower, authority, and rights that states have over the federal govt?
states' rights
abolition
nullification
secession
Which is NOT a part of the Missouri Compromise?
California became a slave state
Maine became a free state
Maintained a balance between free and slave states
Slavery was banned above the 36'30 parallel
What is a tariff?
tax on Northern goods
tax on Southern goods
tax on foreign goods
tax on domestic goods
The South's economy was based on agriculture. The North's economy was based on _________.
tourism
public service
agriculture
manufacturing
Which compromise provided an equal balance of free/slave states?
Compromise of 1850
States' Rights Compromise
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Nullification Compromise
The Tariff of 1828 was passed because the South was buying too many cheap goods from...
Great Britain
The North
South America
Spain
The idea that a state can choose not to follow an unfair federal law is known as...
sovereignty
nullification
nationalism
abolition
The Compromise of 1850 allowed _____________ to enter the union as a free state.
Missouri
Maine
California
Texas
True or false: Georgians were happy with the Compromise of 1850.
True
False
Which of the following was not a condition of the Georgia Platform?
The Southern states agreed to pass the Fugitive Slave Act
The govt had to pay Georgia for all the slaves that escaped
Northern states had to comply with the Fugitive Slave Act
Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
he was born free but captured
he believed that Missouri should be a free state
his parents were free
he lived in two free states during his life
During the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not __________________.
supposed to live in free states
responsible for their masters
literate
U.S. citizens
True or false: The Dred Scott Case essentially made all states slave states.
True
False
How many candidates ran for President in 1860?
3
4
5
2
