STAAR Blitz Day 9

What was the first battle of the Civil War?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• Popular sovereignty

Who was elected president of the U.S. in 1860?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• Abraham Lincoln

What term refers to powers held by state governments rather than the federal government?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• States' rights

What doctrine determined whether to allow Kansas to be a free or slave state?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Popular sovereignty

• Republican Party

Which party opposed the spread of slavery into territories?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• Republican Party

Who was elected president of the Confederacy?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• Popular sovereignty

What term is used for the formal withdrawal from the Union?

• Fort Sumter

• Jefferson Davis

• Secede

• Popular sovereignty

Which region's economy was characterized by fertile soil for cash crops that expanded the plantation system?

• North

• South

• West

Which region had access to inexpensive land and natural resources for farming and mining?

• North

• South

• West

Which region had numerous fast flowing rivers that led to the growth of factories?

• North

• South

• West