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Publisher of antislavery newspaper, The Liberator | Garrison |
Leader of the bloodiest slave rebellion in American history | Nat Turner |
Abolitionist and public speaker known for “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech | Sojourner Truth |
Author of antislavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin | Stowe |
Underground Railroad conductor known as “Moses” | Tubman |
White abolitionist who led a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry | Brown |
Abolitionist who published a newspaper, The North Star | Douglass |
Discovered a use for ether as an anesthetic for surgery | Long |
This Georgia Representative supported the Fugitive Slave Act and is credited with holding the Union together by supporting the Compromise of 1850. | Stephens |
We should place high tariffs on European goods. | North |
Nullification is great! After all, how does the federal government know what is right for us? | South |
Bleeding Kansas” is too bad. However, in order to protect state’s rights, some people might need to die. | South |
Wow! The Georgia Platform was great! It allowed us to keep the United States together and I am sure in time we can get rid of that stupid Fugitive Slave Act. In time, I am sure the South will let go of slavery. | North |
The nation’s first major gold rush occurred in | Dahlonega |
He was Georgia’s representative in Congress during the Compromise of 1850 and was credited with helping to prevent war and secession. | Alexander Stephens |
It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states. | Missouri Compromise |
This was the belief that a state had the right NOT to follow federal law. | Nullification |
The Supreme Court upheld the legal rights of the southern states and their institution of slavery. | the Dred Scott decision |
California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery. | Compromise of 1850, |
way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850? | Each decided the legality of slavery in new states. |
the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise? | It permitted slavery north of Missouri’s southern boundary. |
Fugitive Slave Law | Require the return of runaway slaves to their owners. |
escape plan for southern slaves fleeing their owners | The underground railroad |
How many Georgians owned slaves in 1860? | Approximately 35 percent |
This attracted the Georgia Platform to embrace the Compromise of 1850. | The Fugitive Slave Act was added to the law |
Cotton mills, brick and pottery factories, grist mills, iron foundries | GA's Economic Industries |
It was the first time a candidate won the election with votes from only one section of country. | Election of 1860 |
Which new political party was born in the campaign of 1854? | Republican Party |
This Georgia Politician argued that the Compromise of 1850 should be upheld. | Alexander Stephens |
The conflict between states’ rights and Union rights | Which conflict did Georgians face after Lincoln’s election? |
It was a statement supporting the Compromise of 1850. | GA Platform |
The Georgia Platform | Georgia was willing to remain in the Union after the Compromise of 1850 as long as the North complied with the Fugative Slave Act. |
The Georgia Platform | Georgia was willing to reamin in the Union after the Compromise of 1850 as long as the North would stop trying to ban slavery in new territories and states. |
The Georgia Platform | If the Northern States did not comply with the demands of the Georgia Platform, secession would be unavoidable. |
This Georgia statesman told Georgians that Lincoln was not the South’s enemy, and warned that economic ruin could occur if secession led to a Civil War in the United States. | Alexander Stephens |
The Fugative Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern States | Compromise of 1850 |
The North was becoming an economy based on | industry |
The nation’s first major gold rush occurred in | Dahlonega, Georgia. |
What did Southerners wasn to get rid of in the “nullification controversy”? | tarriffs on European goods |
The term “popular soverignty” describes | the right of states to vote on laws |
Which definition best explains the “Missouri Compromise”? | It maintained a balance of power between slave and free states. |
Which statement does not explain how the Dred Scott decision pushed the nation closer to war? | The Supreme Court ruled that slave owners had to be reimbursed for slaves who escaped on the underground railroad. |
The Southern ecomomy was based on | agriculture |
According to the terms of the Compromise of 1850, | California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state with no slavery. |
Those opposing slavery | Which group had a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives during the antebellum period? |
A tariff on imported goods made themc | more expensive |
Southerners’ belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called: | state’s rights |
In what way is the Kansas-Nebraska Act similar to both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850? | Each decided the legality of slavery in new states. |
Which was an organized escape plan for southern slaves fleeing their owners? | The underground railroad |
How many Georgians owned slaves in 1860? | Approximately 35 percent |
Missouri Comprmise | Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery |
Missouri Comprmise | Territories wanted to become new states. |
Missouri Comprmise | Abolitionists wanted to changed the laws. |
Which industries were a major part of Georgia’s economic base during the antebellum period? | Cotton mills, brick and pottery factories, grist mills, iron foundries |
Which conflict between the North and South did push the nation toward a civil war? | The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
Which conflict between the North and South did push the nation toward a civil war? | California’s request for statehood |
Which conflict between the North and South did push the nation toward a civil war? | The raid on Harpers Ferry |
What was unique about the presidential election of 1860? | It was the first time a candidate won the election with votes from only one section of country. |
Which Georgians held positions of leadership in the Confederate States of America? | Robert Toombs, Alexander Stephens |
Which new political party was born in the campaign of 1854? | Republican party |
States’ rights advocates gave final authority to | States |
What was a basic principle of the Know Nothing party? | It was against allowing immigrants or naturalized citizens to hold public office. |
describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case? | The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott. |
Which conflict did Georgians face after Lincoln’s election? | The conflict between states’ rights and Union rights |
This legislation said that Georgia would remain in the Union if the North complied with the Compromise of 1850 | Georgia Platform |
underlying cause of the Civil War? | Sectionalism |
underlying cause of the Civil War? | Slavery |
underlying cause of the Civil War? | States’ rights |
Compromise of 1850 did benefit the North? | Texas did not annex New Mexico as a slave territory. |
Compromise of 1850 did benefit the North? | Slave trading was ended in the District of Columbia. |
Compromise of 1850 did benefit the North? | California joined the Union as a free state. |
major difference between the North and South during the antebellum period? | The South was agricultural while the North was industrial. |
major difference between the North and South during the antebellum period? | The North favored high tariffs on imported goods while the South did not. |
major difference between the North and South during the antebellum period? | The North favored high tariffs on imported goods while the South did not. |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements | He supported the Union and argued that the Compromise of 1850 should be upheld. |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements | He helped to write the Georgia Platform and was credited by many around the country with preventing was and secession.. |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements | He became the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. |
The economy of the South depended on: | slave labor |
The “Georgia Platform” was a statement supporting | the Compromise of 1850 |
The “Georgia Platform” was a statement supporting | the Compromise of 1850 |
The economy of the South depended on: | slave labor |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements, | He supported the Union and argued that the Compromise of 1850 should be upheld. |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements, | He helped to write the Georgia Platform and was credited by many around the country with preventing was and secession.. |
Alexander Stephens is described in all of the following statements, | He became the Vice President of the Confederate States of America. |
a major difference between the North and South during the antebellum period? | The South allowed slavery while the North did not. |
This legislation said that Georgia would remain in the Union if the North complied with the Compromise of 1850 | Georgia Platform |
Which conflict did Georgians face after Lincoln’s election? | The conflict between states’ rights and Union rights |
Which statement BEST describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case? | The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott. |
What was a basic principle of the Know Nothing party? | It was against allowing immigrants or naturalized citizens to hold public office. |
States’ rights advocates gave final authority to | states |
Which new political party was born in the campaign of 1854? | Republican party |
Which Georgians held positions of leadership in the Confederate States of America? | Robert Toombs, Alexander Stephens |
What was unique about the presidential election of 1860? | It was the first time a candidate won the election with votes from only one section of country. |
Which conflict between the North and South pushed the nation toward a civil war? | The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin |
Which conflict between the North and South pushed the nation toward a civil war? | California’s request for statehood |
Which conflict between the North and South pushed the nation toward a civil war? | The raid on Harpers Ferry |
Which industries were a major part of Georgia’s economic base during the antebellum period? | Cotton mills, brick and pottery factories, grist mills, iron foundries |
* Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, Territories wanted to become new states., Abolitionists wanted to changed the laws | Missouri Comprmise |
How many Georgians owned slaves in 1860? | 25-35% |