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1
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott
because he was a slave and could be taken anywhere
becausehe was a slave and he was not eligible to sue incourt
because he did not live long enough in a free state tobefree
because he returned to a slave state andhecouldnotbefree
2
The "Georgia Platform" was a statement supporting
popular sovereignty
states' rights
the Compromise of 1850
slavery throughout the US
3
What was a result of the Compromise of 1850
Texas was allowed to annex New Mexico
owning slaves was forbidden in Washington DC
Popular sovereignty was established
California was allowed to enter as a free state
4
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was
prevent slaves from testifying in court against whites
prevent slaves from having large gatherings
Requried Northerners to return slaves to the South
requrired slaves papers to get a job
5
After Lincoln's election, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
Thomas Cobb
Robert Toombs
Joseph Brown
Alexander Stephens
6
States' rights could be BEST defined as the belief that states
could leave the Union at anytime
could not free their states
could force the national gov't to turn over all property
could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state
7
The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law
ratification
nullification
absolution
justification
8
What was the major type of labor used on Georgia's plantations before the Civil War?
indentured servitude
sharecropping
hourly wage labor
slavery
9
Which candidate for president of the US in 1860 won the electoral vote?
John Breckinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln