FIP Unit 4 Vocabulary

Abolitionism is a movement to end what?

• Slavery

• Monarchy

• Colonialism

• Industrialization

Nat Turner was known for leading what significant event in American history?

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Salem Witch Trials

• The Nat Turner Slave Rebellion

• The Signing of the Declaration of Independence

William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent figure in the abolitionist movement. What was his main contribution?

• He was a leading general in the Civil War.

• He founded the anti-slavery newspaper 'The Liberator'.

• He was a president of the United States.

• He wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.

Frederick Douglass was a prominent figure in American history. What did he publish?

• A. The Declaration of Independence

• B. The Emancipation Proclamation

• C. The North Star

• D. Common Sense

The Grimke Sisters were known for their work in which of the following areas?

• Abolition of slavery and women's rights

• Industrial revolution

• Scientific discoveries

• Literature and arts

James Polk was known for what during his presidency?

• The Louisiana Purchase

• The Mexican-American War

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The New Deal

Secession means:

• Joining a union

• Leaving a union

• Forming a new government

• Amending a constitution

What are states' rights?

• The powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government

• The rights of states to secede from the Union

• The ability of states to print their own currency

• The rights of states to form their own military forces

What is Popular Sovereignty?

• A principle where the government is created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives.

• A system where the monarch has absolute power over the state.

• A form of government where the military holds the primary power.

• A political system where a single party controls the government.

What is sectionalism?

• A political ideology that emphasizes the interests of a particular region over the interests of the country as a whole.

• A form of government where power is divided between national and state governments.

• An economic system where the means of production are privately owned and operated for profit.

• A social system in which the government owns and controls the means of production.