Causes of the War
This economic and moral institution was the central issue that divided the North and South and was a primary cause of the Civil War.
What is Slavery
The Supreme Court case that ruled African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in U.S. territories is known by this name.
What is Dread Scott v. Sandford?
The political idea that individual states could refuse to follow federal laws they believed were unconstitutional is called this.
What is nullification or States Rights?
The Dred Scott decision increased tensions because it said Congress had no authority to do this regarding slavery in territories.
What is banning or prohibiting slavery in U.S. territories?
Name the 1850 agreement that attempted to settle disputes over slavery in territories and included a stricter Fugitive Slave Law.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This legal/political action, used by some Southern states, allowed them to claim they could declare a federal law void within their borders.
What is nullification?
This Georgia statement accepted the Compromise of 1850 but warned that future violations of Southern rights could lead to secession.
What is the Georgia Platform?
The Compromise of 1850 included several parts; name one specific provision included in it (other than popular sovereignty)
What is the Fugitative Slave Act?
or Cali as a free state
This presidential election year and winner prompted many Southern states to begin debating secession.
Abraham Lincoln's election of 1860
This event in 1860–1861 involved debates and votes across Southern state legislatures about whether to leave the Union; give one major reason Georgia leaders considered secession.
What is any of the following events: Debates over states’ rights, protection of slavery, reaction to Lincoln’s election, preservation of Southern political power.