TX Civil War & Reconstruction Vocabulary Quiz

What does the term 'Abolish/Abolitionist' mean?

• To start a war

• To end or stop a person who wants to stop or abolish slavery

• To create a new law

• To support a government

Sectionalism is a concern for ________.

• global needs

• regional needs and interests

• personal needs

• national needs

Who has the power in government according to 'Popular Sovereignty'?

• The military

• The president

• The people, exercised by voting

• The congress

What is a 'Blockade'?

• To build a wall

• To stop people or supplies from entering or leaving a port or country

• To create a new law

• To start a war

To 'Secede' means to ________.

• join a union

• withdraw, including the withdrawal of states from the Union

• create a new law

• support a government

What is a 'Civil War'?

• A war between countries

• A war between groups of people in the same country

• A war between continents

• A war between states

The 'Confederacy' refers to ________.

• the group of Northern states

• the group of Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War, led by President Jefferson Davis

• the group of Western states

• the group of Eastern states

What does the 'Union' refer to during the Civil War?

• The Southern states

• The Northern states that remained loyal to the federal government, led by President Abraham Lincoln

• The Western states

• The Eastern states

What does 'Emancipation' mean?

• The act of creating a new law

• The act of giving someone freedom

• The act of starting a war

• The act of building a wall

'States’ Rights' refer to ________.

• the political powers that U.S. states possess in relation to the federal government, emphasizing the authority of individual states

• the rights of the federal government

• the rights of the military

• the rights of the president