Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following was NOT one of the 3 causes of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Sectionalism

• States' Rights

• Second Amendment

Define SECTIONALISM

• Being more concerned with your own region over your country

• A sense of pride in one's country

• Policy in which colonies send goods to the mother country

• Dividing your food on your plate so it doesn't touch other food

What is an agreement in which two sides each give up something it wants

• Sectionalism

• Socialism

• Compromise

• Argument

Which constitutional principle allows states to decide their own policies and laws, and was responsible for the States' Rights cause of the Civil War?

• Republicanism

• Federalism (10th Amendment)

• Individual Rights

• Limited Government

Which region believed the needs of the UNION were more important than the wants of individual states?

• North

• South

Which region supported expanding slavery into new territories?

• North

• South

Which agreement kept the balance of power by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Maine Compromise

Which agreement included admitting California as a free state, but also included the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Paris

What was a result of the Fugitive Slave Act?

• Slave owners could pursue their escaped slaves in free states

• Many African Americans, including legally freed former slaves, were kidnapped and forced into slavery

• The abolition movement increased

• All of these are effects of the Fugitive Slave Act