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How did the Kansas Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
a) it made Missouri a free state.
b) It opened up the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to popular sovereignty.
c) It allowed CA to become a free state.
d) It changed the requirement necessary for a territory to become a state.

How did the Supreme Court rule on the Dred Scott case?
a) They said Dred Scott was rude and put him in jail.
b) He died before his case came to trial.
c) They ruled he was a slave and therefore not a citizen and considered property so he could not sue.
d) He was set free.

How did Abraham Lincoln win the election of 1860?
a) He was the most qualified so he won.
b) The Democratic Party split their vote three ways.
c) He was wealthy and used the media to buy expensive commercials.
d) He was the best looking so all the women voted for him.

What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
a) abolitionism
b) The right of states/territories to vote on important issues.
c) The way in which state borders were determined.
d) The nullification of tariffs.

What do all the compromises have in common?
a) Each was concerned with tariffs.
b) Each decided whether or not to allow slavery in new states/territories.
c) Each was written to help bring an end to the Civil War.
d) Each was written by Alexander Stephens.

Which best describes the Missouri Compromise?
a) It allowed settlers in western states to vote in presidential elections.
b) It allowed Missouri to nullify tarrifs.
c) It allowed Maine to become a slave state.
d) Maine could enter as a free state as long as Missouri entered as a slave state.

Who voted led Georgians against secession?
a) Joe Brown
b) Alexander Stephens
c) Thomas Jefferson
d) George WAshington

Why was South Carolina upset over the tariffs placed on them by the US government?
a) South Carollina felt the tariffs would limit slavery.
b) SC felt the tariffs were not high enough.
c) SC felt the tariffs would help Abraham Lincoln get elected as President.
d) SC felt liek the federal government should not be allowed to force their state to pay taxes on imported goods.

What was the North's economy based on?
a) farming
b) music
c) industry
d) mining

What was Georgia's platform?
a) GA would agree to the Compromise of 1850 as long as the Fugitive slave Act was enforced.
b) Georgia wanted a strong military.
c) Georgia needed to build a navy.
d) Georgia wanted to nullify the tariff.

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