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Causes of the Civil War

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  • What did the South gain in the Compromise of 1850?
    The Fugitive Slave Act
  • What was the South's economy based on during the Antebellum Period?
    Agriculture using slave labor
  • 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
  • Which side had more people, more soldiers, and more industry?
    The North aka The Union
  • Who was Alexander Stephens?
    Georgia politician who argue to stay in the Union. Became VP of the Confederacy.
  • What refers topower, authority, and rights that states have over the federal govt?
    states' rights
    abolition
    nullification
    secession
  • What did the North gain in the Missouri Compromise?
    The state of Maine as a free state.
  • What was the North's economy based on during the Antebellum Period?
    Industry and manufacturing
  • What was the first state to secede from the Union?
    Georgia
    Texas
    South Carolina
    Tennessee
  • True or False: Georgia seceded from the Union after the Election of 1860.
    True
  • What did the Supreme Court Rule in the Dred Scott Case?
    Slaves were not citizens of the United States, slaves could not sue, the Federal gov't did not have the ability to outlaw slavery anywhere.
  • Which is NOT a part of the Missouri Compromise?
    Slavery was banned above the 36'30 parallel
    Maintained a balance between free and slave states
    Maine became a free state
    California became a slave state
  • The idea that a state can choose not to follow an unfair federal law is known as...
    nationalism
    abolition
    nullification
    sovereignty
  • Explain the Georgia Platform.
    Georgian politicians drafted an agreement about Compromise of 1850 to keep the South from seceding.
  • The Compromise of 1850 allowed _____________ to enter the union as a free state.
    California
    Maine
    Missouri
    Texas
  • The Tariff of 1828 was passed because the South was buying too many cheap goods from...
    The North
    South America
    Great Britain
    Spain
  • Abraham Lincoln was the Presidential nominee for the ________________ Party.
    Whig
    Patriot
    Republican
    Democrat
  • Why did Dred Scott believe he should have been freed so he sued his owners?
    He had been taken to Free states to live.
  • Which of the following was not a condition of the Georgia Platform?
    The govt had to pay Georgia for all the slaves that escaped
    Northern states had to comply with the Fugitive Slave Act
    The Southern states agreed to pass the Fugitive Slave Act
  • List 3 causes of the Civil War.
    Slavery, states' rights, economics, Nullification Crisis, Dred Scott Case
  • What did the South gain in the Missouri Compromise?
    The state of Missouri as a slave state.
  • Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
    he lived in two free states during his life
    he was born free but captured
    his parents were free
    he believed that Missouri should be a free state
  • People who called for the ending of slavery were known as...
    States' Rights advocates
    secessionists
    abolitionists
    Democrats
  • What does Nullification mean?
    To say no, to cancel, to act like something doesn't exist
  • What did the South nullify (refuse to pay) that helped lead to the Civil War?
    Tariffs on goods imported from Europe
  • States that allowed slavery but never seceded from the union were known as...
    fence states
    half states
    border states
    free slave states
  • What is the pre-Civil War period called?
    Antebellum
  • True or False: The Republican Party and Abe Lincoln initially sought to end all slavery.
    False
    True
  • What was the reason for the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
    To maintain a Balance between Slave and Free States
  • What do you call the belief that the interests of the state are more important than the interests of the nation?
    States' Rights
  • What did the North gain in the Compromise of 1850?
    California entered as a free state Causing tention in the South
  • What advancement could be seen as helping to cause the Civil War?
    railroads
    plow
    light bulb
    cotton gin
  • How many candidates ran for President in 1860?
    5
    4
    2
    3
  • True or false: The Dred Scott Case essentially made all states slave states.
    False
    True
  • Which compromise provided an equal balance of free/slave states?
    States' Rights Compromise
    Missouri Compromise of 1820
    Nullification Compromise
    Compromise of 1850
  • True or false: Georgians were happy with the Compromise of 1850.
    False
    True
  • The South's economy was based on agriculture. The North's economy was based on _________.
    manufacturing
    tourism
    agriculture
    public service
  • What is a tariff?
    tax on foreign goods
    tax on domestic goods
    tax on Southern goods
    tax on Northern goods
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