Period 1 vocabulary Quiz

What is the formal joining of one political region to another called?

• Secession

• Annexation

• Abolition

• Statehood

Match the following terms with their definitions: 1) Abolition 2) Secede 3) Statehood 4) Manifest Destiny.

• Statehood

• The belief that the United States was meant to spread across North America.

• Secede

• To formally withdraw from an organized body

• Abolition

• The ending of slavery

• Manifest Destiny

• The status of being a state of the US

The belief that the United States was meant to spread across North America is known as (a)   .

• Statehood

• Manifest Destiny
• Sectionalism

• Annexation

State's Rights refer to rights held by states that place limits on the implied powers of the (a)   government over state government.

• Federal

• State

• Local

• National

What is the term for political, economic, and social loyalty to a region of a country rather than the country as a whole?

• Sectionalism

• Abolition

• Statehood

• Annexation

Which term describes a measure passed by both houses of Congress that is a formal expression of intent?

• Joint Resolution

• Secession

• Manifest Destiny

• Abolition

The region of the southern United States where the majority of the nation's cotton crop was grown is known as the (a)   .

• Sectionalism Area

• State's Rights

• Annexation Zone

• Cotton Belt

What does it mean to formally withdraw from an organized body?

• A) Abolition

• B) Secede

• C) Annexation

• D) Statehood

Political parties are groups of people who help elect government officials and influence (a)   .

• Democracy

• Republic

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

Match the following terms with their definitions:

• Cotton Belt

• Rights held by states that place limits on the federal government

• Annexation

• Formal joining of one political region to another

• Sectionalism

• Political, economic, and social loyalty to a region

• State's Rights

• Region where the majority of the nation's cotton crop was grown