Causes of the Civil War

Several states decided to __________ after Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

• secede
• tariffs
• rebel
• fued

California entered the United States as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed.

• California Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Dred Scott Decision
• Union Compromise of 1850

States that did not permit slavery are known as _______________.

• Slave states
• Free states
• Neutral states
• Missouri, California, Kansas, Nebraska

_________ was formed as several of the  states decided to secede from the North.

• Confederacy
• Union
• Missouri Compromise
• State's Rights

Loyalty to one part of the county rather than to the whole country is known as

• Confederacy

• Reblel

• Union

• Sectionalism

All of these conflicts contributed to sectionalism EXCEPT

• a.  Agriculture vs. Industry
• a.  Abolition vs. Plantation System
• a.  Balance of Power between Free States and Slaves States
• a.  Border dispute with Mexico

Texas entered the Civil War due the state’s rights argument that _________

• the federal government is right in imposing taxes

• the federal government does not have the power to force states to follow certain laws

• the South is willing to pay tariffs on imports

• the North wanted to vote against tariffs and slavery

 How did slavery lead to Texas’ involvement in the Civil War? 

• Texas believed in slavery and did not want it abolished
• Texas did not believe in slave labor
• Texas was the only southern state to support the North
• Slavery did not lead to Texas’ involvement in the war

This is a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

• Slavery

• Sectionalism

• States' Rights

• Tariff

The North believed these would protect it's manufacturers from foreign competition.

• Dependency

• Shipping Rates

• Laws

• Tariffs