SS 9-1 Struggles Over Slavery

In 1800, many ____________ lived on plantations, large and self-sustaining farms that usually grew one type of crop.

• Northeners

• Confederates

• Southeners

• Loyalists

What/who was the Union?

• A group of abolitionists that tried to keep slavery

• Southern states that stayed part of the nation and fought against the north in the Civil War

• Northern states that stayed with the nation and fought the South in the Civil War

• A group of people united to help slaves make it through the underground railroad

Someone who believes in states' rights would say which of the following?

• National laws take precedence over state laws

• The national government has no right to tell the states how to operate

• States could only pass laws in the Constitution

• The national government settles disputes between states

Under the the Missouri Compromise, each side in Congress gave in a little to come to an agreement. This compromise balanced the power of free and slave states in Congress.

In the Missouri Compromise, the state of Missouri would be a slave state. What state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri

• Maine

• Kentucky

• Alabama

A person who believed in getting rid of slavery was called ______________.

• an abolitionist

• a fugitive

• a conductor

• a states' rights supporter

What was the Underground Railroad?

• Railroad tracks that ran East and West

• Secret routes that runaway slaves used to reach freedom

• An underground tunnel that ran to Canada

• A road that returned escaped slaves to the south

Why did Harriet Tubman go back to the south after escaping slavery?

• To save other slaves

• To hunt animals

• To find her owners and get revenge

• To visit family and friends

What is secession?

• When a territory joins a country as a state

• A state that stays with a country

• When a state is successful

• When a state that separates from it's country for freedom

What line separated the North from the South

• Mason Dixon Line

• Lunch Line

• Line of Demarcation

South Carolina, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas seceded, or left, the United States to form the:

• Republic of Texas

• Union

• United American Slave States

• Confederate States of America