Unit 4 Quiz H5ab 2019

Which term refers to the act of voiding or rejecting a federal law?

• secession

• ratification

• justification

• nullification

The belief that a state's sovereignty, or authority, is more important than that of the national government.

• States' Rights

• Secession

• Union

Leading up to the Civil War, Congress put in place several _______, when it came to slavery and other issues related to states' rights.

• Laws

• Compromises

• Acts

• Amendments

Which term refers to the act of separating from a nation and becoming independent?

• Nullification

• Secession

• Compromise

• Amendment

This was the war fought between the North and South in the United States (1861-1865), also known as the War Between the States.

• American Revolution

• War of the United States

• Battles of Atlanta

• Civil War

The seven southern states seceded and banded together to form a new nation known as the...

• Confederacy

• Union

• Axis Powers

• Blockade

During the Civil War, the Union put in place a _________ around Georgia's coast to prevent any goods, troops, and weapons from entering the southern states.

• Confederacy

• Platform

• Blockade

• Emancipation

What statement best describes the debate over secession in Georgia?

• There were strong supporters for both sides of the issue in the Georgia General Assembly, but Georgia eventually seceded from the Union.

• There was no debate; everyone in the Georgia General Assembly voted to secede from the Union.

• There was no debate; everyone in the Georgia General Assembly voted to stay in the Union.

• The debate became violent after General Sherman arrived to begin his March to the Sea.

The Georgia Platform showed Georgians' support of...

• States’ Rights

• The Compromise of 1850

• Slavery throughout the United States

• Popular Sovereignty

According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850,... SS8H5a

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.

• California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery.

• Texas was allowed to claim New Mexico, extending slavery into that territory.

• Slave trade continued in the District of Columbia.