Civil War Vocabulary

confederacy

• the action of people producing things in their own homes

• related to voting

• group of states or nations working together

• part of a city or town

States' rights are best described as the belief that states

• could not free their slaves
• could leave the union at any time
• could ignore national laws if they were harmful to the state
• could force the national government to do what they wanted

What is a tariff?

• Imports
• Exports
• Tax on American Goods
• Tax on Foreign Goods

Which of the following is a cause of the Civil War

• Federal Rights
• The Great Compromise
• Slavery
• All Choices are Correct

Which group of states wanted slavery to end

• East
• South
• West
• North

After the election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency, the Southern states debated the question of __, or withdrawing from the Union.

• secession
• populous
• slavery
• federalist

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

• Nationalism
• Sectionalism
• Popular Sovereignty
• Secession

A complete end to slavery

• abolition
• abolitionist
• emancipation
• dehumanization

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Which map shows the Union?

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Which map shows the Union Border States?

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