Underground Railroad Check for Understanding

What term means a large farm on which crops are raised to be sold

• plantation

• cities

• manufacturing

• abolitionists

What term means a person who is legally owned as property by another person

• conductor

• slave

• abolish

• abolitionists

What term means to end or prohibit by law

• sectional issue

• slave

• abolish

• abolitionists

What two issues did the North and South disagree on?

• states' rights

• slavery

• stations

• abolitionists

Who did Northerners think should decide whether or not slavery should be allowed

• abolishionists

• citizens of each town

• the state's government

• the federal government

Who did Southerners think should decide whether or not slavery should be allowed

• abolishionists

• citizens of each town

• the state's government

• the federal government

Who would say it, a Northerner or Southerner?

"Laws made by the U.S. federal government must be followed by all states"

• Northerner

• Southerner

Who would say it, a Northerner or Southerner?

"Each state should have the right to make its own laws about slavery"

• Northerner

• Southerner

Who would say it, a Northerner or Southerner?

"Slavery is a necessary part of our economy"

• Northerner

• Southerner

Who would say it, a Northerner or Southerner?

"Slavery should not be allowed to spread into the western territories"

• Northerner

• Southerner