Pre-Civil War

Question 1

States rights

Answer 1

Belief that the power of the states should be greater than the power of the federal government

Question 2

Nullification

Answer 2

Belief that states have the right to disobey federal laws

Question 3

Jefferson Davis

Answer 3

President of the confederacy

Question 4

Secession

Answer 4

Act of leaving the union

Question 5

Abolition

Answer 5

The complete end to slavery

Question 6

Confederate states of America

Answer 6

Nation formed by the southern states in febuary 4, 1861

Question 7

Popular sovereignty

Answer 7

Law that would allow voters in a particular territory to decided whether to ban or permit slavery

Question 8

Compromise of 1850

Answer 8

California free; popularly sovereignty ; no slave trade in DC ; fugitive slave law

Question 9

Fugitive Slave Act

Answer 9

Law that made it a crime to help run away slaves

Question 10

Republican Party

Answer 10

Party formed in 1854 to stop the spread of slavey In the west

Question 11

Kansas - Nebraska act

Answer 11

Law that allowed voters in Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether to allow slavery

Question 12

Dred Scott Decision

Answer 12

Supreme Court decision that declared that African Americans were not citizens

Question 13

John Browns raid

Answer 13

Incident in which abolitionists captured a federal arsenal in Harper Ferry, Va

Question 14

Uncle Toms Cabin

Answer 14

Antislavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Question 15

Democracy

Answer 15

Political and social equality