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Antebellum Period
Test Description: The issues that divided the US in the Antebellum Period.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which invention in 1793 led to an increased need for land and slaves across the south?
A
Railroad
B
Spinning Jenny
C
Steam Engine
D
Cotton Gin
2) Which statement accurately describes the concept known as states rights?
A
It is the belief that the needs of the nation should come before the needs of the states.
B
It is the belief that the needs of the states should come before the needs of the nation.
C
It is the belief that the needs of the states be clearly explained in a national constitution.
D
It is the belief that the needs of the states and nation should be balanced.
3) Which correctly explains the term nullification?
A
to amend or change
B
to put on hold
C
to ratify or approve
D
to do away with
4) Which state threatened to secede over tariffs amid the Nullification Controversy?
A
South Carolina
B
Mississippi
C
North Carolina
D
Georgia
5) Which state entered the Union as a FREE state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
A
Maine
B
Nebraska
C
Missouri
D
California
6) Which state entered the Union as a Slave state as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
A
California
B
Maine
C
Nebraska
D
Missouri
7) Which state was added to the Union as a result of the Compromise of 1850?
A
California
B
Nebraska
C
Maine
D
Missouri
8) What did Southern states get in exchange for their vote to bring California into the Union according the Compromise of 1850?
A
a federal law calling for the abolition of the slave trade within ten years.
B
A ban on slavery in future territories north of Missouri.
C
a federal fugitive slave law requiring runaway slaves to be returned.
D
a promise to allow slavery west of the Mississippi River.
9) Who proposed the Missouri Compromise?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
Alexander Hamilton
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
Henry Clay
10) Each person played a role in crafting the Georgia Platform of 1850 EXCEPT
A
Alexander Stephens
B
Howell Cobb
C
Robert Toombs
D
William Few
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