The Civil War in the Indian Territory

True or False: In the South, slaves were essential to growing cotton. Some Indians in eastern Indian Territory were slave owners.

• True

• False

State's Rights is best defined as...

• The federal government supersedes state government

• the principle that the rights and responsibilities of the states should take precedence over the federal government

• States can not decide things for themselves

• Territorial Rights trumps both State and Federal Authority

Tariff or Tariffs is best defined as

• a tax, often on exported goods.

• a tax, often on imported goods.

• a tax, often on both imported and exported goods.

• a tax, often on the air we breath and the water we drink.

__________, by the 1850s had joined agriculture in importance in the North, which thousands of immigrants arriving in the Northeast provided cheap labor for its factories.

• Radio stations

• Movies

• Slavery

• Industry

The South's economy was based on ____________.

• Agriculture

• Airplanes

• Trains

• Sea Salt

True or False: Wealthy southern plantation owners strongly believed that African slaves were essential to their economy and lifestyle.

• False

• True

In 1819, the United States had twenty-two (22) states. Elven were ______ _____and elven were ______ _______

• Free States/Slave States

• Free States/ Territories

• Slave States/Territories

Secede is best defined as

• achieving greatness.

• to be the best at something.

• to break away, as a state breaking away from the union.

The Comprise of 1850 allowed _______ to be admitted as a free state, while settling the Texas-New Mexico boundaries.

• California

• North Dakota

• Idaho

• No Man's Land

True or False: Part of the Comprise of 1850 was the Fugitive Slave Act. This act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state.

• False

• True