CBMS SS8H5a. Study Guide

Question 1

What did the Fugitive Slave Act do?

Accepted Answer

Made it a federal crime to assist runaway slaves

Question 2

Fugitive Slave Act was added to:

Accepted Answer

The Compromise of 1850

Question 3

Describe the debate over secession in Georgia.

Accepted Answer

Most wanted to secede, but many were opposed

Question 4

Why did Southerners like the Dred Scott Decision?

Accepted Answer

It would spread slavery.

Question 5

What did the Compromise of 1850 do?

Accepted Answer

Force northerners to return an escaped slave, Banned the SLAVE TRADE in Washington D.C, Allowed southerners to enter the north and capture escaped slaves, Admit California as a free state

Question 6

What did states&#x27; rights and slavery lead directly to?

Accepted Answer

The Civil War

Question 7

Which was the first Southern state to secede?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 8

What was the result of the Dred Scott case?

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott was declared property

Question 9

According to the Georgia Platform, what stance did Georgia take on the Compromise of 1850?

Accepted Answer

Georgia supported the Compromise, if no more discussion of slavery

Question 10

A ______ thought that abolition would negatively impact their businesses and way of life.

Accepted Answer

Anti-Abolitionist

Question 11

What event in 1860 led to the state of South Carolina seceding from the United States?

Accepted Answer

The election of Abraham Lincoln

Question 12

Why did Dred Scott go to court?

Accepted Answer

To try to win his freedom

Question 13

What is NULLIFICATION?

Accepted Answer

States choosing to ignore tarrifs placed on them by the federal government, Ignoring the federal government if a state&#x27;s law is different

Question 14

What is meant by STATES&#x27; RIGHTS?

Accepted Answer

The idea that states had the authority to make their own laws about slavery

Question 15

What caused the overturning of the Compromise of 1850 and stated that slaves are not citizens?

Accepted Answer

Dred Scott v. Sanford, Dred Scott Decision, Dred Scott Case

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