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