Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens? . .

B. He was a Georgian who served as vice president of the Confederacy.

A. He was a southerner who remained loyal to the Union and served as vice president under President Lincoln

C. He was an intimidating politician who despised most southerners

D. He was a passionate secessionist who wanted Georgia to leave the Union immediately.

A southern politician who believed in the doctrine of nullification would have been most supportive of

C. A strong federal government.

In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850? .

D. Each decided the legality of slavery in new states.

A. Each was concerned with religion.

B. Each was written to end the Civil War

C. Each was written by Alexander Stephens.

Which statement describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

C. The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.

A. The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

B. The Georgia court system changed the laws of Missouri.

D. Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.

Shortly after Lincoln’s election, Georgia

B. Seceded from the Confederacy.

C. Remained loyal to the Union.

D. Abolished slavery to avoid war.

African Americans were most inspired to fight in the Civil War after

B. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

A. Confederate leaders adopted the Georgia platform

C. The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

D. The South fired on Fort Sumter.

What was at stake in the battle of Chickamauga?

A. Control of the railroad center in nearby Chattanooga

B. Access to the port city of Savannah

D. The fate of Washington, D.C.

What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

A. It freed all slaves in states fighting against the Union.

B. It freed all slaves in the United States

C. It put Ulysses S. Grant in charge of all Union forces.

D. It allowed slaves to fight in the Confederate army.

What was the significance of the Battle of Antietam?

D. The Confederate advance on Washington, D.C. was stopped.

A. The Union troops were defeated with heavy losses.

B. Sherman’s March to the Sea was a surprising victory.

C. A naval blockade was in effect along Georgia’s coast.

Who was William T. Sherman?

C. He was the Union general who conquered Atlanta and marched all the way to Savannah.

A. He was the Confederate general who tried to invade the North twice but failed.

B. He was the appointed governor of Georgia during Reconstruction.

D. He was the Union general who finally defeated Robert E. Lee and forced him to surrender.

What was the impact of Sherman’s “March to the Sea”?

D. It left a path of destruction from Atlanta to Savannah that crippled the Confederacy.

A. It convinced the South that they could win the war.

B. It convinced President Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

C. It forced Robert E. Lee to evacuate Georgia.

What was the purpose of the Union’s blockade of Georgia’s coast?

C. To keep the South from trading goods by ship

D. To force Lee’s surrender at Gettysburg

Which of the following best describes the effects of the Civil War on Georgia?

D. Thousands of Georgians died fighting in the war while many others suffered at home.

A. Small farmers suffered a great deal at the hands of the Union army, but people in Atlanta were spared any hardship.

B. The war led to whites finally accepting blacks as their equals.

C. Other than soldiers dying in faraway battles, people in Georgia never really felt the effects of the war.

Which of the following ended slavery throughout the United States?

D. The Emancipation Proclamation

Why did the Supreme Court allow Southern states to practice segregation?

D. They allowed it if accommodations were “separate but equal”.

A. They believed it would decrease violence.

B. The justices said Jim Crow laws were illegal.

C. They decided it was a states’ rights issue.

How were landowners compensated by sharecroppers?

C. Sharecroppers paid a portion of their profits.

A. Sharecroppers collected rent from landowners.

B. Sharecroppers let landowners use their equipment.

D. Sharecroppers and landowners worked for no profit.

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1 min • 1 pt

People who opposed slavery were known as:

Confederates

Sharecroppers

Secessionists

Abolitionists

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?

Segregation

Abolitionism

Secession

Nullification

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

A. Montana

B. Michigan

C. Maine

D. Missouri

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

A. Georgia Platform

B. Missouri Compromise

C. Compromise of 1850

D. Kansas-Nebraska Act

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

A. The right of the states to vote on laws

B. Abolitionism

C. The right of the federal government to nullify laws

D. The vote to end the Civil War

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?

A. Georgia Platform

B. Missouri Compromise

C. Fugitive Slave Act

D. Kansas-Nebraska Act

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1 min • 1 pt

What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, territories wanted to become new states, abolitionists wanted to change laws?

A. Tariff of 1865

B. Missouri Compromise

C. Kansas-Nebraska Act

D. Georgia Platform

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Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?

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Which of the following accurately describes Alexander Stephens? . .

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