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Civil War - Antebellum
Test Description: Quick quiz over the events leading to the Civil War in the U.S. and its impact on Georgia.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which correctly explains the term nullification?
A
to amend or to change
B
to put on hold
C
to ratify or approve
D
to do away with
2) According to the Missouri Compromise, slavery was not to exist north of what border?
A
Missouri's western border
B
Missouri's southern border
C
Missouri's northern border
D
Missouri's eastern border
3) Which accurately describes the Supreme Court ruling in the Dred Scott case?
A
Dred Scott would be free upon returning to a free state
B
Scott was a slave and would have to serve out the rest of his contract
C
Scott was now a free man with full rights
D
Scott was not a citizen therefore had no right to sue
4) Which accurately describes the southerns states reaction to the election of Abraham Lincolns in 1860?
A
They immediately attacked Fort Sumter
B
They voted to protest Lincoln's election
C
They demanded a recout of votes
D
They began to secede from the Union
5) Which individual, though he argued against secession, would become vice pressident of the Confederacy?
A
Alexander Stephens
B
Abraham Lincoln
C
Andrew Johnson
D
Jefferson Davis
6) California entered the Uhion as a free state, the Fugitive Slave Act was enacted and voting would decided the issue of slavery in the future. These statements describe
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Compromise of 1850
C
Bleeding Kansas
D
Proclamation of 1763
7) What is states rights?
A
the belief that the needs of the nation should come before the needs of the state
B
the belief that the needs of the state should come before the needs of the nation
C
the belief that the needs of the state and the nation should be carefully balanced
D
the belief that the needs of the state should be carefully stated in the national constitution
8) What was the most common form of labor before the Civil War?
A
hourly paid worker
B
indentured servant
C
sharecropping
D
slavery
9) Why were people from Africa brought to Georiga?
A
to help settle the backcountry
B
to help fight Georgia's enemies
C
to be forced into labor
D
to help produce silk
10) The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
A
prevents blacks from testifying against whites in court trials
B
prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings
C
require slaves that had run away to go back to thier owners
D
require that slaves had citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs
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