Civil War--1862

What law required people to help recapture runaway slaves, and fined people for helping runaway slaves?

• fugitive slave act

• owners right act

• runaway slave law

• southern slave act

Strong loyalty and a focus more on the needs of your region than the nation is called

• nationalism

• abolitionism

• sectionalism

• patriotism

Before the Civil War the southern economy relied mainly on

• agriculture

• factories

• trade with Africa

• construction jobs

The belief that a state has the right to cancel a federal law if it is considered unconstitutional is

• democracy

• judicial review

• states' rights

• compromise

The South Carolina threatened to secede over the tariff. Secede means

• to purchase an enslaved person

• to leave the union

• refuse to follow a federal law

• trade with the north

An abolitionist was a person who

• believed in free trade (no tariff)

• was against foreign alliances

• wanted to end slavery

• supported Manifest Destiny

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 were created to deal with the issue of

• determining representation in Congress

• the removal of Native Americans from land

• the building of a transcontinental railroad

• slavery in new states being added to the Union

During the period from 1800 to 1865, the issues of States rights, the tariff, and slavery led most directly to the growth of

• manifest destiny

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• industrialization

Which public issue is reflected in these headlines?

• creating tariffs

• voting rights

• expansion of slavery

• improving the economy

What was the industrial revolution?

• a change in the government's focus to improve the economy

• an increase in the amount of goods made in factories, mainly in the northern states

• a ban on shipping to other nations

• a switch from tobacco to cotton farming in the south