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What role did Alexander Stephens play in the Georgia Platform?
What role did Alexander Stephens play in the Georgia Platform?
- He was against the Fugitive Slave Act
- He encouraged Georgians to secede from the Union
- He asked Georgians to accept the Compromise of 1850 and not secede (correct)
- He debated against popular sovereignty
What was the main idea behind the concept of popular sovereignty?
What was the main idea behind the concept of popular sovereignty?
- To allow settlers in new territories to vote on the issue of slavery (correct)
- To allow the federal government to decide on slavery in new territories
- To restrict slavery in all territories
- To abolish slavery in all states
What was the main purpose of the Union blockade during the Civil War?
What was the main purpose of the Union blockade during the Civil War?
- To invade the North
- To blockade Southern ports to weaken the Southern economy (correct)
- To free slaves in the South
- To supply arms to the Confederacy
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?
What was the name of the military prison in southwest Georgia that held over 45,000 Union prisoners?
What was the name of the military prison in southwest Georgia that held over 45,000 Union prisoners?
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
What was the significance of the Battle of Gettysburg?
Which region of the country supported Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860?
Which region of the country supported Abraham Lincoln in the election of 1860?
What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
What does Popular Sovereignty mean?
What does nullification mean?
What does nullification mean?
What did Southerners oppose in the 1828 and 1832 tariffs?
What did Southerners oppose in the 1828 and 1832 tariffs?
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Case?
What was the outcome of the Dred Scott Case?
Why did the Southern States secede from the Union in 1860 and 1861?
Why did the Southern States secede from the Union in 1860 and 1861?
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