SS8H5 GMAS PREP

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The most controversial issue dividing northerners and southerners during the 1800s was the issue of _____?

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Slavery

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The idea that a state can declare a federal law invalid and not abide by it is known as ...

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nullification doctrine

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What compromise established a strict fugitive slave law? Options: Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Cass

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Compromise of 1850

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The Georgia Platform is related to the ____________ and stated GA would leave the Union if the _____________ was NOT followed.

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Compromise of 1850; Fugitive Slave Act

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Supreme Court decision ruling that since slaves were not citizens, they could not sue in court

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Dred Scott

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Republican candidate and victor in the election of 1860

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Abraham Lincoln

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What did South Carolina do after Lincoln's win?

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seceded from the Union

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Issued by Abraham Lincoln, this stated that slaves in territories rebelling against the Union were free and more importantly made Slavery the central issue of the War?

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The Emancipation Proclamation

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What did the Emancipation Proclamation state? All Slaves in the USA were free, Only slaves in the Confederate states were free, Slaves were only allowed in Northern States, Slavery was only legal in the border States.

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Only slaves in the Confederate states were free

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Why did the north create the Union Blockade?

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To disable the South's economy