Causes of Civil War

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.

Sectionalism?

• rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
• to withdraw or break away from a a nation
• a religious meeting
• an official expression of opinion by a group

Which part of the United States relied heavily on industry? 

• North
• South

Which part of the United States relied heavily on agriculture? 

• North
• South

Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?

• Secede
• Ironclad
• Border State
• Casualty

What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?

• It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
• It made slavery more important to the South.
• It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
• It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.

What Increased tensions between the North and the South?

• The capital of Virginia becoming Richmond.
• The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
• The Climate and geography of the North and South.
• The Arguments over the growth of the military.

What woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Clara Barton
• Harriet Tubman
• Mary Lincoln

allowed the federal government to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave, even in free states

• Fugitive Slave Act
• Wilmot Proviso
• The Declaration of Sentiments
• Harper's Ferry

Which act of Congress added a slave and free state and outlawed slavery in new states North of 36"30' in the Louisiana Territory?

• Compromise of 1850
• Missouri Compromise
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• Wilmot Proviso