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Causes of the Civil War

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