Vocab, Causes, and Events leading to the Civil War Review

Match the following terms with the correct definition:

• abolitionist

• blocking off an area to keep supplies from getting in or out

• sectionalism

• to officially end or stop

• blockade

• person who worked to end slavery

• abolish

• Different parts of the US had different ways of life. North = factories / industry, South = farming / agriculture

Match the following terms with the correct definition:

• Reconstruction

• the act of giving someone freedom

• secede

  (secession)

• to withdraw (leave) the United States (Union)

• Union

• Also called the South - The southern states who fought the northern states in the Civil War

• Confederacy

• Also called the North - states that stayed loyal to the U.S. government during the Civil War

• emancipation

• the time after the Civil War

  the U.S. government wanted to rebuild the Confederate States, and wanted to create and protect the rights of the newly freed black population

What is sectionalism?

• It is the differences in the economy and culture in the North and South.

• It is the differences in the economy and culture in the East and West.

• It is the similarities in the economy and culture in the North and South.

• It is the similarities in the economy and culture in the East and West.

The economy of the ​ (a)   was based on industries and factories.

The economy of the ​ (b)   was based on agriculture.

• North
• South
• East
• West

A key cause of the Civil War was the issue of States' Rights. Which side favored the power of the states over the power of the federal government?

• North

• East

• West

• South

A key cause of the Civil War was the issue of States' Rights. Which side favored the power of the federal government over the power of the states?

• North

• East

• West

• South

States in the ​ (a)   believed they could choose slavery (or not) based on ​ (b)   ​ (c)   .

• South
• Popular
• Sovereignty
• North
• Limited
• Government
• Individual
• Rights

Slavery spread ​ (a)   as the United States grew.

• West
• North
• East
• South

Which group of people tried to stop the spread of slavery?

• Democrats

• Federalists

• Abolitionists

• Radical Republicans

North = trade, shipping and manufacturing
South = farming plantations/slavery
West = mixture of industry and farming

• Sectionalism
• Nationalism
• Federalism

• Republicanism