Ch 7 Quiz Review

What did abolitionists want to end immediately?

• Civil war

• Declaration of Independance

• the Stamp Act

• slavery

What is the principle that the federal government has only limited authority over each state?

• seceding

• states' right

• abolitionist

• union

Who was the Republican candidate in the presidential election of 1860?

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

The first state to leave the Union.

• South Carolina

• Texas

• Massachusetts

• Rhode Isand

After the election of 1860, many states chose to ________ from the Union.

• return

• move

• secede

• runaway

What did the southern states base their economy on in early colonial times?

• slavery

• trade

• jobs

• religion

The _____________ required Americans to help return runaway slaves to their owners.

• Civil War

• Confederate States of America

• Dred Scott Case

• Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

Which of the following was known as the case that the Supreme Court ruled against involving a slave suing his owners to receive his freedom?

• Union Case

• Confederate case

• Dred Scott case

• Confederacy of America

After the election of 1860, seven states formed a new union called the _______.

• Confederate States of America

• United States Government

• Fugitive Slave Away

• United States of America

What started the Civil War?

• the presidential election of 1860

• The capturing of Fort Ticonderoga

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Confederate forces attacked Fort Sumter