Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
Sectionalism
Popular Sovereignty
Nationalism
Secession
According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
Bought
Landowners
Paid
Citizens
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
Abolitionists
Loyalists
Federalists
Prohibitionists
Which of the following was a cause of the American Civil War?
Slavery
Expansion of the United states
Abraham Lincoln elected
All of the above
True or False: Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern states.
False
True
What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
Democratic Republic of the South
United States of the South
Confederate States of America
Republic of Texas
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1820
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas became a slave state
All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and
Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
To ease the tensions between the North and the South
To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
To ensure that all slaves were free
The Emancipation Proclamation was:
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in all the country
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Confederacy
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Union
The Underground Railroad took place in:
Both
Canada
Mexico
What was Clara Burton’s nickname?
Nurse for the Red Cross
Union Army guide
Angel of the Battlefield
More than _________Hispanics fought in the Civil War:some for the union some for the Civil War.
15,000
10,000
20,000
100,000
