Antebellum America/Causes of the Civil War

The economy of the North was primarily ___________, while the South was primarily ______________.

• Agricultural, Industrial
• Slave, Free
• Poor, Rich
• Industrial, Agricultural

Match the following

• Favoring the interests of one section over the interests of the entire country

• Secede

• To formally withdraw from the Union

• Sectionalism

• Outlawed slavery in territories north of 36,30 latitude

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Made it a crime to help runaway slaves and allowed officials to arrest slaves

  in free areas.

• Missouri Compromise

What are states' rights?

• The belief that states' hold more power than the Federal government.
• Rights that were put into the Constitution. 
• The belief that the states were always right in arguments with the federal government.
• Rights that the states could give or take away. 

What was the BIGGEST cause of the growing sectionalism in the US?

• Manufacturing
• Agriculture
• Tariffs
• Slavery

Which of the following answer choices reflects which group supported tariffs and which group opposed them?

• North - Supported /South - Opposed

• North - Opposed /South - Supported

Which area of the United States was open to be settled during the mid 1800's?

• The North

• The South

• The West

• All of them

Which law required everyone to help catch runaway slaves and was part of the Compromise of 1850?

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Missouri Compromise

What is popular sovereignty?

• Power of Congress to check the President's power

• Power of people to vote if they want slavery or not

• Right of states to nullify federal laws

• Movement of people to cities

What did the Supreme Court rule in the Dred Scott Decision?

• Slaves are U.S. citizens and not property

• Dred Scott was granted his freedom

• Slavery was prohibited in all new territories

• Congress had no power to prohibit slavery

It was illegal for this group to learn to read or write because their masters were afraid they would escape.

• elite

• free African Americans

• lower class

• enslaved African Americans