Causes of the Civil War

Sectionalism is defined as

• breaking away

• areas of the US that forbid slavery

• voting to decide on political leaders or political issues

• loyalty to the area you live in rather than the country as a whole

An abolitionist

• wants to allow slavery to expand

• wants to bring an end to slavery

• believes in the devine right for America to expand its borders

• tracks down fugitive slaves

Secession means

• to break away

• loyalty to the area of the country you live in rather than the entire country as a whole

• the freeing of slaves

• expanding America's borders from ocean to ocean

Which was an anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher- Stowe?

• The Crucible

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The Song of the South

• A Tale of Two Cities

Which of the following would be MOST likely to use a power loom?

• a slave

• a philanthropist

• a mill girl

• a plantation owner

Which inventor is correctly paired with their invention?

• Alexander Graham Bell - light bulb

• Robert Fulton - telephone

• James Watt - steam boat

• Eli Whitney - cotton gin

State's rights is defined as

• cancelling of a federal law by a state

• believing the states should have more power than the federal government

• allowing slave catchers into any state to capture runaways

• a network of homes and secret passageways that helped runways escape to freedom

Nullification is

• the belief the states should have more power than the federal government

• the belief that states should be able to cancel a federal law if the law does not benefit the state.

• the belief that all men are created equal

• the belief that fornite is more important than an education

Supreme Court case that ruled slaves were property not citizens?

• Marbury vs. Madison

• Worcester vs. The United States

• Plessy vs. Ferguson

• Dred Scott vs. Sanford

Which slavery compromise created the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Wilmot Proviso

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act