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

Match the following terms with the correct definition:

• blockade

• to officially end or stop

• abolish

• person who worked to end slavery

• abolitionist

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

• sectionalism

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

Match the following terms with the correct definition:

• secede

  (secession)

• 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

• Union

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

• Confederacy

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

• Reconstruction

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

• emancipation

• the act of giving someone freedom

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