What was the central point of the Dred Scott decision?

That slaves had no rights anywhere in the United States

What event made southern states finally decide to secede?

The election of Abraham Lincoln

If you wanted to nullify a quiz you took in history class, what might you do?

Ask your teacher to throw the results of the quiz away

If you supported states' rights, what might you point to, to back up your argument?

The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution

According to the Missouri Compromise, what happened every time a slave state joined the Union?

A free state also had to be admitted to the Union

What was the immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter?

It caused the beginning of the Civil War

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Civil War Causes

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1
What was the central point of the Dred Scott decision?
That the Kansas-Nebraska act was illegal
That states could not nullify federal laws
That slaves had no rights anywhere in the United States
That slavery was legal only in the South
2
What event made southern states finally decide to secede?
The Dred Scott decision
The election of Abraham Lincoln
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
3
What effect did the Kansas-Nebraska Act have on the Compromise of 1820?
It strengthened the compromise
It repealed the compromise
It expanded the compromise into the Louisiana Purchase
It caused the compromise to be reached
4
What event might you attend if you were an abolitionist?
An anti-slavery rally
A rally opposing high tariffs
A slave auction
A states' rights convention
5
If you wanted to nullify a quiz you took in history class, what might you do?
Argue with your teacher over your right to take the quiz
Promise that you'd do better on the next quiz
Ask to re-take the quiz
Ask your teacher to throw the results of the quiz away
6
If you supported states' rights, what might you point to, to back up your argument?
The First Amendment to the Constitution
The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution
The Declaration of Independence
Article III of the Constitution
7
In the years before the Civil War, which state was most likely to favor higher tariffs?
South Carolina
Mississippi
New York
Georgia
8
According to the Missouri Compromise, what happened every time a slave state joined the Union?
The voters in the state had to decided slave or free
The President had to open up new free territories
The Supreme Court would have to decide if slavery was legal
A free state also had to be admitted to the Union
9
What was the immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter?
It caused the beginning of the Nullification Crisis
It caused the Southern states to secede
It caused the end of the Civil War
It caused the beginning of the Civil War
10
Sequence: A) The Kansas-Nebraska Act; B) The Missouri Compromise; C) The Nullification Crisis
B, C, A
C, B, A
A, C, B
C, A, B

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