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Why was slavery necessary in the South?
There was a need due to economic reasons-agriculture(farming)
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What was the Georgia Platform?
It was a document written by Alexander Stephens that showed Georgia’s willingness to support the Compromise of 1850
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What is the meaning of the word Secede?
To break away
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What was the South's belief on states' rights?
It is the right of each state to decide on the issue of slavery
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 replaced the Missouri Compromise line of 1820 by allowing territories to determine the issue of slavery based on
popular sovereignty (people rule)
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What caused the development of the doctrine of nullification in the 1830’s?
tariffs
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What was the Dred Scott Decision?
The Supreme Court ruled against abolitionists by saying slaves were not citizens.
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Explain the “Missouri Compromise
It was a compromise to keep the balance of power between slave and free states
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What was un unusual about the Presidential election of 1860?
People could not understand how a candidate with only 40% of the popular vote could win without a runoff election
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What were the terms of the Compromise of 1850?
The North received California as a free state while the South received the Fugitive Slave Act.
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What Georgian held a position of leadership in the Confederate States of America (Vice-President)?
Alexander Stephens
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