Civil War Vocab review

Sectionalism refers to the (a)   between the North and the South. The North had an (b)   economy, whereas the South had an ​ (c)   economy.

• differences
• industrial
• agrarian
• similarities

Match the following

• Compromise

• Confederacy

• The North

• Union

• Secede

• An agreement between two or more groups

• Abolish

• When a state formally leaves

• The South

• To ban

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

Which of the following best describes states rights:

• The belief that the federal government should have absolute power over states
• A concept that promotes equal power distribution between states and local governments
• The principle that states should have the power to govern themselves and make their own laws

• An ideology advocating for the abolishment of state governments

The abolitionist Frederick Douglass called for these two things

• An end to slavery

• Punishment of slave holders

• Equality for all

• A new territory for former slaves

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

• a plantation owner
• a protester
• an abolitionist

Click where the border states are

Border states are states that ​ (a)   permit slavery and they ​ (b)   with the Union (North).

• did
• did not
• stayed
• left

Which best describes the purpose of the Anaconda Plan?

• To build a railroad connecting the North and South
• To recruit foreign mercenaries to fight for the Confederacy
• To establish a new currency system for the Union
• To blockade Confederate ports and cut off their supply lines

Who were the "carpetbaggers"?

• Southern Democrats who supported Reconstruction

• Former Confederate soldiers who moved to the North

• Northerners who moved to the South after the Civil War to profit from Reconstruction

• African American soldiers in the Civil War