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Causes Of The Civil War
Test Description: Causes of the Civil War
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1) What does nullification mean?
A
when a state attempts to make it own laws and still follow the federal laws
B
when a state attempts to ignore or refuse to accept a law from the Federal government?
C
protecting states interests over the national interests
D
the act of taking over another state to gain territory
2) Which event was NOT a cause of the Civil War?
A
Missouri Compromise
B
Yazoo Land Fraud
C
States' Rights
D
Slavery
3) Which describes the decision made by the Supreme Court during the Dred Scott case?
A
Scott could sue the government because he was a citizen
B
Scott could not sue, because he was considered property and not a citizen
C
Scott would return to slavery, but be released in 50 years
D
Scott could remain free because he had lived in a free state
4) Which describes the relationship between the Compromise of 1850 and the Georgia Platform?
A
They are the same event just known by two different names in Georgia.
B
It was the Georgia Platform, many believe, that saved the union because it showed southern support for the Compromise of 1850
C
The Georgia Platform, which upheld Georgia’s right to slavery, led to a need for the Compromise of 1850.
D
Both events were trying to resolve the differences people had over the results of the Dred Scott case.
5) Why were northerners unhappy with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A
It created the Fugitive Slave Act
B
It allowed the slave trade to continue in the District of Columbia
C
It allowed California to become a free state
D
It voided the Missouri Compromise boundary that did not allow slavery above a certain line
6) Which compromise kept the balance of free and slave states in the senate?
A
Compromise of 1850
B
Kansas-Nebraska Act
C
Missouri Compromise
D
Fugitive Slave Act
7) Alexander Stephens called for Georgia to do what during the debate over secession?
A
Be the first state to secede
B
Secede from the Union
C
Remain in the Union
D
Start fighting the Civil War as soon as possible
8) How was the fugitive slave act a victory for the South?
A
It said that slaves were property and not people
B
It allowed owners to retrieve their runaway slaves from the freed northern states and put them back into slavery
C
It allowed slaves that escaped to remain free in the Northern states
D
It allowed the District of Columbia to keep the slaves they already had
9) Who won the presidential election of 1860?
A
John Bell
B
Jefferson Davis
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Alexander Stephens
10) Which was NOT an outcome of the Compromise of 1850?
A
The fugitive slave act was established
B
California was admitted as a free state
C
The District of Columbia could no longer have slaves
D
Texas was not allowed to annex New Mexico which would make it a slave state
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