Studies Weekly Week 18 Causes of the Civil War

President Lincoln:

President Lincoln wanted to make slavery ___________.

• against the law

• for the North only.

Break Away:

_________ was the first of eleven southern states to break away from the United States.

• Georgia

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Alabama

Slavery in the South:

Slaves had no _______.

• rights

• children

Slavery in the South:

They could not ______.

• do chores

• work all day.

• help where needed.

• vote.

Slavery in the South:

They could not own _____________.

Labor Needs:

Slavery was not allowed in the _________.

• South

• Midwest

• North

• East

Abolitionists:

Abolitionist were people who were against slavery.

• True

• False

States' Rights:

They believed in states' rights, that each state gets to make its own ________.

• laws

• regulations

• decisions

• rules

State vs. Federal Laws:

_______ states believed that states had the power to cancel out any federal law they disagreed with.

• Eastern

• Southern

• Northern

• Western

________ states believed that federal law was supreme over that of the states.

• Southern

• Eastern

• Western

• Northern