Causes of Civil War 1

Federalism is...

• a system where all power is held by regional entities.
• a type of government that only exists at the local level and makes reason for popular sovereignty

• a system of government that divides power between a central government and state governments.

• a political system that eliminates any division of power.

Sectionalism is...

• a type of manifest destiny; the belief that the United States was destined to expand west

• the belief in national superiority - the United States is better than any other country in the world

• a form of government that unites the country around fair and free elections

• the loyalty to a particular region or section of a country over the country as a whole; a country that's not united

State's rights means...

• the political powers and rights are in the hands of the states rather than the federal government

• the rights of the federal government over the states
• the economic powers of individual states
• the social responsibilities of state governments

The 3/5 Compromise was in the ....

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

The 3/5 Compromise said that...

• The 3/5 Compromise stated that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.
• The 3/5 Compromise was about the abolition of slavery in the United States.
• The 3/5 Compromise stated that each slave would be counted as a whole person for representation.
• The 3/5 Compromise allowed slaves to vote in elections.

The debate over Missouri entering the United States as a slave state or free state resulted in...

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 resulting in Kansas as a free state and the Nebraska territory open to slavery.

• The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 giving enslaved people in the south freedom.

• The Compromise of 1850 - Missouri entered as a slave state and California as a free state.

• The Missouri Compromise of 1820 - Missouri entered as a slave state and Maine as a free state

The Compromise of 1850...

• The Compromise of 1850 resulted in the Michigan Territory becoming a free territory and Nebraska Territory as a slave territory.

• The Compromise of 1850 resulted in California added as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Act passed.

• The Compromise of 1850 abolished slavery in all states.
• The Compromise of 1850 was a treaty ending the Civil War.

The Fugitive Slave Act...

• The Fugitive Slave Act abolished slavery in the North.
• The Fugitive Slave Act allowed slaves to gain their freedom after a year.
• The Fugitive Slave Act was a law that encouraged the emancipation of slaves.
• The Fugitive Slave Act required the return of escaped slaves.

Popular sovereignty is...

• the idea that government should be run by a single ruler
• the principle that majority rules; the people get to decide

• the belief that laws are created without public input
• the concept that citizens have no role in governance

Which abolitionist led a rebellion in Kansas when popular sovereignty influenced if slavery would exist there or not?

• William Lloyd Garrison

• Frederick Douglass

• Harriett Tubman

• John Brown