Causes of the Civil War

Which of the following is a term used to describe a person who opposed slavery?

• abolitionist

• "free soiler"

• plantation owner

• sectionalist

Of the following descriptions, which best describes sectionalism in the United States during 1800-1860?

• People recognized there were many similarities economically, socially, and politically between the North and South. By joining as a country and pursuing laws that are in everyone’s interests, the regions would become more powerful and more likely to achieve their goals.

• People recognized that large differences existed between the North and South on the issue of slavery; however, the South realized that the best way for the United States to remain together was to give up slavery.

• People recognized there were large differences economically, politically, and socially between the North and South. By joining as a region and pursuing laws that were in each region’s self-interest, each region would become more powerful and more likely to achieve its goals.

• People recognized that there were very few differences between the North and South. By working together, all the states are more likely to achieve their goals.

A slave owning southerner would have been the LEAST happy about which of the following provisions of the Compromise of 1850?

• Slave trade being banned in Washington, DC.

• Fugitive Slave Act being enforced.

• Territories getting to decide on slavery by popular sovereignty.

• Texas becoming a slave state.

Which of the following is NOT an impact of the Dred Scott decision?

• The legal rights of southerners to hold property, which includes slaves, could not be restricted by the government.

• Slavery in the territories could not be stopped by the federal government.

• Slavery continued to be banned in all states and territories admitted to the Union after 1787.

• Slaves were declared to not be citizens.

What line of latitude was used for the Missouri Compromise?

• 30º-36’

• 36º-36’N

• 36º-30’N

• 30º-30’N

What state was the first to secede the Union?

(a)  

Who won the election of 1860?

• John Bell

• Stephen Douglas

• John Breckinridge

• Abraham Lincoln

The early 1800s belief of some people that a state could refuse to enforce a federal law is called

• nullification

• sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• artisan

The Georgia Platform was a statement issued by the Georgia state legislature supporting

• states' rights

• slavery

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

States’ rights can best be defined as the belief that states

• could leave the Union at any time if they chose to.

• could enforce national laws if they were not in the best interest of the state.

• could force the national government to turn over all national government property to the states.

• the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.