UNIT 3 COMMON ASSESSMENT STUDY GUIDE

This region supported the concept of states' rights to nullify laws and secede

• North

• South

A network of people (abolotionists) and safe routes for runaway slaves to travel to freedom in the North and Canada was known as the

• Transcontinental Railroad

• Trail of Tears

• Underground Railroad

• Northern Turnpike

The first state to secede from the United States, or the Union was:

• Georgia D.

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• Alabama

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• end government corruption

• raise taxes on the rich

• prevent the spread slavery

• nationalize major industries

What made it necessary for runaway slaves to go to Canada instead of a free state for their freedom?

• Dred Scott Decision

• Missouri Compromise

• Three Fifths Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

Which political party supported slavery, secession, and states' rights?

• Democrats

• Whigs

• Republicans

• Redcoats

Which of the following was NOT a divisive issue between the North and the South that contributed to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Women's Suffrage

• Tariffs

• States' Rights

The belief that a state had the right to nullify federal laws, secede from the Union, and decide whether to allow slavery in the state

• States' Rights

• Missouri Compromise

• Alexander Stephens

• Compromise of 1850

• Nullification

The Missouri Compromise was an agreement, between the northern and southern states, about

• States' rights

• The right to own slaves

• The return of runaway slaves to owners

• Slavery in the new states

Southern states opposed Lincoln's election because

(multiple answers)

• He opposed slavery and wouldn't let it spread to the western territories

• He promised to protect Northern industry with high tariffs

• It would give the North and Republicans control of the governments