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Causes of the Civil War
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| North or South? Which region supported the principle of state's rights? | South |
| What is state's rights? | The belief the state is more powerful than the federal government |
| North or South? Which region wanted a protective tariff? | North |
| What is a tariff? | Tax on imports |
| What is an import? | Something brought into a country |
| North or South? After 1850, which region of the United States controlled both the U. S. House of Representatives and Senate? | North |
| What are the two branches of the United States Congress? | House of Representatives and Senate |
| North or South? Which region was angered by the Dred Scott Decision? | North |
| North or South? Accused the abolitionists and Republicans of supporting John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia? | South |
| Same or Opposite? How did the North and South compare on the key isues of the 1850s? | Opposite |
| In the Kansas-Nebraska Territory, how would the issue of slavery be determined? | popular sovereignty |
| What is popular sovereignty? | People vote, whoever has the most votes wins; majority rules |
| North, South, West? Which two regions agreed on the issue of slavery? | North, West--Both against |
| North or South? What was the region which traded most with the West? | North |
| North or South? Which region did the West carry on a busy trade? | North |
| North, South, West? Which two regions most closely agreed on the issue of slavry? | North and West----against |
| Political power in the West was in the hands of what group? | Small farmers |
| Who was the major trading partner of the North? | South |
| Which group held political power in the West? | small farmers |
| What group of people were determined to end slavery? | abolitionists |
| What is an abolitionist? | Someone who wanted to end slavery immediately |
| What is meant by "to secede?" | To leave |
| How did many Northerns feel about the Fugitive Slave Law? | Against it |
| What was the Fugitive Slave Law? | Required Northern states and the federal government's assistance to return runaway slaves to the South. |
| Following the passage of the Kansas-Nebrska Act, Kansas Territory became known as _?_ | Bleeding Kansas |
| What two groups were opposed to each other in the Kansas-Territory? | Pro-Slavery and Anti-slavery |
| Why was the Rebublican Party created? | To oppose the extension of slavery into the territories |
| What was the first state to secede? | South Carolina |
| What is meant by to secede? | To leave |
| Who was taken into free territory by his master? | Dred Scott |
| Did Abraham Lincoln favor slavery being extended into the territories? | no |
| Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin?" | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| In what book does the charcter Simon Legree cause the death of the much beloved Uncle Tom? | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| Who was the president of the Confederate States of America? | Jefferson Davis |
| Who attacked a government arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virgins? | John Brown |
| Who was a strong anti-slavery force in the Kansas Territory? | John Brown |
| Why did John Brown attack the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia? | To capture arms in order to arm slaves |
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