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As cotton production increased in the south, what else increased?
The demand for slaves
100
State's rights can best be defined as the belief that states
could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state
100
What was another outcome that resulted from the Compromise of 1850?
California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state
200
Why were people from Africa brought to Georgia in the 18th and 19th centuries?
to be forced labor
200
The early 1800's belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law was known as
nullification
200
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Act was to
require slaves that had run away to be returned to their owners
300
What was the major type of labor used on Georgia's plantations before the Civil War?
slavery
300
The purpose of the Missouri Compromise was to
maintain a balance between slave states and free states
300
How did the Kansas-Nebraska Act change the Missouri Compromise?
It allowed territories applying for statehood to decide on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty
400
Why were there so few accounts written by slaves about their lives during the antebellum period?
It was illegal for slaves to learn to read and write
400
Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?
Runaway slaves had to be returned to their owners
400
Why did the US Supreme Court rule against Dred Scott?
because Scott was a slave and did not have the right to sue in court
500
The underground railroad was a network of people helping escaped slaves leave the south for freedom to which northern state?
Pennsylvania
500
The Georgia Platform was a statement supporting
the Compromise of 1850
500
After Lincoln's election in 1860, which man called for Georgia to remain in the Union?
Alexander Stephens