Sectionalism and Secession

List three sections in the USA pre- Civil War

• North, East, West

• North, South, West

• East, West, South

• Nevada, Utah, Califorina

An abolitionist was someone trying to end ___________?

• Baking

• Political Parties

• Homework

• Slavery

Manifest Destiny referred to _________________?

• Civil War battles

• Belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continent was the USA's destiny

• Destiny Child's third album

• The belief that the Pioneers should head to Africa

The _____________ _______________ helped people escape slavery.

• Union Pacific Railroad

• National Railroad

• Underground Railroad

Slaves were a large part of this what section's economy?

• North

• South

Which issue caused the debate over states' rights that became increasingly important before the Civil War?

• protective tariffs
• westward expansion
• immigration
• women's suffrage

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 

What was the main purpose of the Missouri Compromise?

• Make Missouri a slave state
• Maintain a balance of free and slave states
• Give the south more power in Congress
• Prevent slavery from expanding

What event brought about the Compromise of 1850?

• Texas wanted to become a slave state
• Oregon was being claimed by four countries
• California wanted to enter the Union as a free state
• The abolitionists wanted an agreement to end slavery

Abolitionists were upset with the outcome of the Dred Scott decision because the Supreme Court viewed slaves as what?

• Illegal
• Property
• Citizens
• Free