Review, Events Leading to the Civil War (Politics)

What is an abolitionist?

• someone who supported slavery and its spread Westward

• someone who is a member of the Democratic Party

• someone who wanted the immediate end to slavery

• someone who wanted to slowly phase out slavery

Which of the people listed below were important abolitionists (click all that apply)?

• Frederick Douglass

• Kanye West

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

In what region of the U.S. did slavery primarily exist?

• the west

• the South

• the northeast

• the new territories

"The abolitionism which I advocate ... admits of no compromise. Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man stealer. By no precedent, no example, no law, no compact, no purchase, no bequest, no inheritance, no combination of circumstances, is slaveholding right or justifiable. While a slave remains in his fetters, the land must have no rest. "  --William Lloyd Garrison

After reading the above quote, Which of the following best expresses William Lloyd Garrisons opinion on slavery?

• Garrison is against slavery, but feels that it will eventually go away

• Garrison wants slavery ended immediately, no compromises

• Garrison is a politician running for president

• Garrison is pro-slavery, and wants slavery protected by law

Which of the following is most accurate?

• slave states=North; free states=South

• free states=North; slave states=East

• free states=North; slave states=South

• free states=West;

  slave states=North

According the to map to the left, which region of North Carolina had the highest number of slaves? (Click on the map to enlarge)

• the piedmont

• the mountains

• the coastal plains

• Wilmington

Considering the map to the left, which region of North Carolina had the LEAST number of slaves and why (click on the ma to enlarge)?

• the Mountains because the land was not very suitable for cash crop farming

• the Piedmont because of the cities

• the Coastal Plain because of the ocean

• the middle because it wasn't quite farm land and not quite cities

What is "sectionalism"?

• the belief that people should vote to make decisions

• the belief that one's own race is superior to others

• Division within a country over particular issues

• separate but equal

Which of the following was a cause of "sectionalism" in the United States leading up to the Civil War? Select all that apply.

• slave states vs. free states

• cats vs. dogs

• Dred Scott

• political parties

In the Kansas-Nebraska Act and the Compromise of 1850, what would decide whether slavery existed in these territories?  (It also says political authority belongs to the people.)

• the Supreme Court

• war

• Abraham Lincoln

• popular sovereignty