Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
Popular Sovereignty
Nationalism
Secession
Sectionalism
According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
Citizens
Landowners
Bought
Paid
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
Federalists
Prohibitionists
Loyalists
Abolitionists
Which of the following was a cause of the American Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln elected
Expansion of the United states
All of the above
Slavery
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?
United States of the South
Confederate States of America
Republic of Texas
Democratic Republic of the South
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
Dred Scott Decision
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas became a slave state
Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and
What was one of the main purposes of the Missouri Compromise?
To ensure that all slaves were free
To ensure slavery was enforced in all the states
To solve issues between citizens of Missouri and Canada
To ease the tensions between the North and the South
The Emancipation Proclamation was:
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Union
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in the Confederacy
Lincoln’s Executive order freeing slaves in all the country
The Underground Railroad took place in:
Canada
Both
Mexico
What was Clara Burton’s nickname?
Union Army guide
Nurse for the Red Cross
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
