Flashcard cause of civil war

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What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

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To maintain a balance between free and slave states and reduce sectional tensions over slavery.

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Someone who believes in states rights would BEST support which of the following statements:
U.S. citizen should always obey federal laws,
National laws are more important than state laws,
The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business,
There is no need for a national government

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The national government has no right to tell states how to handle their own business

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The Georgia Platform was important because it did which of the following?

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Stated that Georgia would support the Compromise of 1850, so long as the federal government passed the Fugitive Slave Act.

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In the Dred Scott Case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore they could not sue. What was the importance of this case?

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It divided the North and South even more.

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North and South had conflict over which of the following?
Slavery,
The enforcement of tariffs,
States' Rights,
All of the above

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All of the above

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If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have ____.

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officially withdrawn from the Union

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What was the nullification crisis in the 1830s?

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A dispute over tariffs, where Andrew Jackson put a tariff on European goods to ensure that the South would buy from the North.

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What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

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An act that punished those who helped slaves run away and forced the return of runaway slaves.

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What was a direct result of Abraham Lincoln getting elected in the election of 1860?

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Secession

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What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.

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Compromise of 1850