Causes of the Civil War study

What does "secede" mean?

• to leave a country

• tax the people

• refuse to obey

• to give up territory

The loyalty to a region or state - above national allegiance - is

• states rights

• sectionalism

• tariffs

• nationalism

Tariffs were a cause of the war because

• the West found it unfair and it hurt their economy.

• they helped the Northern economy and hurt the South.

• they helped the Southern economy and hurt the North.

• forced paying more for local manufactured items.

A tariff is a

• law

• fine

• tax

• violation

Where was the "shots fired" start of the Civil War?

• Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Gonzales

• Fort Worth

• Fort Sumter

The rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government is

• sectionalism

• states rights

• federal taxation

• democracy

The South believed that states' rights gave them the right to

• stop paying taxes

• secede from the Union

• force abolition

• cede land to the U.S.

The southern economy was based upon

• agriculture

• industry

• bartering

• mechanization

The northern economy was based upon

• agriculture

• industry

• bartering

• mechanization

What was the final straw resulting in secession?

• The election of Sam Houston

• The Sectionalism

• The tariff election

• The election of Abraham Lincoln