Texas History Ch 18 Sect 1

What was one issue that divided the nation along sectional (regional) lines?

• slavery

• marriage

• religious freedom

• international trade

Identify the region of the country that had an agricultural (farming) economy that used slave labor (work).

• North

• West

• Ohio River Valley

• South

Name the argument that held that state power was greater than federal power.

• Confederates' rights

• states' rights

• bad federal rights

• Texan rights

Which state entered the Union in 1845 as a slave state?

• North Carolina

• Utah

• South Carolina

• Texas

Name the act that allowed the Kansas and Nebraska Territories to decide whether to be free or slave states.

• Midwest Territories Act

• Western Territories Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Southern Territories Act

Name the Supreme Court ruling that stated that African Americans were not considered citizens of the United States

• Tubman Act

• Dred Scott decision

• Washington decision

• Lincoln decision

Name the first state to secede from the Union.

• Texas

• South Carolina

• Alabama

• North Carolina

Name the group of people who wanted to stay in the Union and find a solution to the slavery issue.

• Southerners

• Westerners

• Northerners

• Unionists

Name the new government formed by the seceding states.

• The Unionists

• Canadians

• Texians

• Confederate States of America

Name the act that made it illegal to assist runaway slaves.

• Dred Scott decision

• Fugitive Slave Act

• States' Rights Act

• Confederacy Slave Act