Secession Center

What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?

• the expansion of slavery
• the building of railroads 
• the provision of women's suffrage
• support for the homesteading 

Which 2 issues played the GREATEST roles in causing the Civil War?

• States' rights and slavery
• Manifest destiny and Indian Removal
• The Missouri Compromise and California Gold Rush
• The election of James K Polk and the Northwest Ordinance

List three sections in the USA pre- Civil War

• North, East, West

• North, South, West

• East, West, South

• Nevada, Utah, Califorina

Which of the following BEST explains why SC seceded from the Union?

• Lincoln was raising an army to quickly abolish slavery
• Lincoln would support slavery and help the planter elite gain control
• Lincoln would allow them to continue nullifying laws
• Lincoln would soon make slavery illegal 

Which was the 1st State to secede?

• California

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Mississippi

When did the South Carolina secede from the Union?

• Dec 1860

• Dec 1855

• Dec 1859

• Dec 1862

What year was Abraham Lincoln elected?

• Nov 1859

• Nov 1858

• Nov 1863

• Nov 1860

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 these concepts did secessionists use to support their views?

• constitutionalism
• states' rights
• popular sovereignty
• federalism

What word defines this concept: 
because the states had formed the national government, state power should be greater than federal power.  He believed that states had the right to nullify, or reject, any federal law they judged to be unconstitutional

• secession
• compromise
• nullification
• states' rights