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Match the definition to the word or phrase. The belief that an individual state may restrict federal authority (don't have to follow a federal law if it is unconstitutional).
a) Secede
b) Abolitionist
c) States' Rights
d) Sectionalism

Match the definition to the word or phrase. Withdraw from a large political body.
a) Abolitionist
b) Secede
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Sectionalism

Match the definition to the word or phrase. The belief that people should have the right to rule themselves and can influence the government.
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Secede
c) Abolitionist
d) States' Rights

Match the definition to the word or phrase. The states along the ine that divided that free and slave states.
a) Border States
b) Sectionalism
c) Popular Sovereignty
d) Secede

Match the definition to the word or phrase. Person who wanted to end slavery.
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Secede
c) Abolitionist
d) States' Rights

Match the definition to the word or phrase. Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.
a) Abolitionist
b) States' Rights
c) Border States
d) Sectionalism

Who raided Harper's Ferry?
a) Frederick Douglass
b) John Brown
c) Lucretia Mott
d) Zachary Taylor

What happened in Kansas/Nebraska regarding the issue of slavery?
a) Slavery was outlawed.
b) There were outbreaks of violence over slavery.
c) The slaves fought back against the people who owned them.
d) People did not obey the Fugitive Slave Law and were arrested.

After hearing the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves are...
a) illegal to own.
b) property.
c) free.
d) employees that must be paid.

What was the Underground Railroad?
a) A series of secret trails to help slaves escape north
b) A train that ran from the north to the south
c)
d)

How does popular sovereignty apply to states when it comes to whether the state is a free or slave state?
a) The government assigns states as being either a slave or free state.
b) The location of the state in the in the U.S. tells whether the state is free or a slave state
c) The people can vote on whether a state is a free or slave state
d) If there are more slaves than free people, the state becomes a slave state.

What do Frederick Douglass, William Henry Garrison, and John Brown all have in common?
a) They are all former slaves.
b) They were abolitionists.
c) They wrote the Fugitive Slave Law.
d) They invented the cotton gin.

What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
a) Slaves are given their freedom if they are uncaptured for three years
b) People are given extra taxes if they protect runaway slaves
c) Runaway slaves do not have to be returned if they are abused
d) All citizens of the United States must return runaway slaves.

Most southern states earned their money from...
a) Shipping
b) Factories
c) Trading
d) Farming

What was the importance of the 36'30' line?
a) The line that divided the U.S. from Mexico
b) The line that divided states who followed the fugitive slave law and those that did not
c) The line that divided that slave states from the free states
d) It marked the Underground Railroad

What was the most important crop to the southern economy?
a) Wheat
b) Corn
c) Cotton
d) Tobacco

Most northern states made their money from....
a) Taxes
b) Shipping
c) Factories
d) Trading

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