Civil War quiz 1

Question 1

to cancel

Answer 1

nullify

Question 2

The belief that a state has the authority to override a federal law if it hurts their state.

Answer 2

States’ Rights

Question 3

The decision that allowed California to join as a free state and outlawed the slave trade in Washington D.C. was the

Answer 3

Compromise of 1850

Question 4

This region’s labor source was mainly immigrants willing to work for low pay.

Answer 4

North

Question 5

This region’s economy focused on factories and industry.

Answer 5

North

Question 6

This region supported a high tariff

Answer 6

North

Question 7

this region believed in states rights

Answer 7

South

Question 8

This region’s economy focused on agriculture

Answer 8

South

Question 9

to get rid of

Answer 9

abolish

Question 10

This region which wanted the government to raise taxes to pay for roads and railroads

Answer 10

North

Question 11

This region traded and imported most goods with Great Britian.

Answer 11

South

Question 12

The change from handmade goods to machine made goods is called the

Answer 12

Industrial Revolution

Question 13

When people felt more loyalty to the area they lived in than the whole United States

Answer 13

sectionalism

Question 14

to leave the union/nation

Answer 14

secede

Question 15

The major focus of the northern economy was…

Answer 15

manufacturing, industry, factories

Question 16

a tax on imports

Answer 16

tariff

Question 17

An abolitionist was a person who

Answer 17

wanted to end all enslavement

Question 18

Agreement that focused on keeping the number of slave and free states the same.

Answer 18

Compromise of 1820/ Missouri Compromise

Question 19

an area of a country that has similar characteristics

Answer 19

region

Question 20

This region used mainly enslaved laborers.

Answer 20

South

Question 21

First state to threaten to secede

Answer 21

South Carolina

Question 22

This clearly stated that enslaved people were property and did not have the rights of citizens

Answer 22

Dredd Scott Supreme Court Case

Question 23

The United Nations states that people have these simply because they were born.

Answer 23

human rights

Question 24

Law which required all people to help recapture run away enslaved people

Answer 24

Fugitive Slave Act

Question 25

Sectional rivalries during the period from 1820 to 1860 centered around issues like

Answer 25

Tariff, Slavery, Internal improvements (building roads) States’ rights