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What is sectionalism?

• When people of a country are united around a common cause

• When people from different regions of a country care more about their region than the unity of the country

• When the economy hits a downturn because of a lack of trade between regions

• When there are parts of the country that separate (secede)

Why did westward expansion increase tension between the North and the South?

• They had different opinions on if war was necessary with other countries

• They had different opinions on treatment of Native Americans

• As new states were added representation would change and each region wanted to maintain their power in Congress

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

• Maine

• California

• Michigan

• Minnesota

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

• Compromise of 1850

• Georgia Platform

• Missouri Compromise

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

• The right of the states to vote on laws

• Abolitionism

• The right of the federal government to nullify laws

• The vote to end the Civil War

Which statement describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?

• The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.

• The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.

• The Georgia court system changed the laws of Missouri.

• Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.

Southerners’ belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:

• States’ rights

• National rights

• Confederate rights

• Popular sovereignty

Secede means to:

• rebel.

• declare war on.

• leave or withdraw.

• become part of.

The underlying cause of the Civil War was

• The Supreme Court's unwillingness to rule on slavery

• The Democratic party commitment to Abolitionism

• Section tensions created by slavery and states rights

• The North's unwillingness to compromise on tariffs

Why is the battle of Fort Sumter significant?

• It was the final battle of the Civil War

• It was the largest battle of the Civil War

• It was the turning point for the North in the Civil War

• It was the first battle of the Civil War