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