What section of the country had a manufacturing economy?
100
Abraham Lincoln is from what state?
Illinois
100
Someone who wants to do away with slavery is an?
Abolitionist.
100
What was the sentiment (or feeling) about slavery in the North?
Against it.
100
What was the feeling about slavery in the south?
For it.
200
Which section of the country relied on agriculture?
The South
200
Lincoln belonged to what political party?
The Republican
200
Who "rode" on the Underground Railroad?
Runaway slaves.
200
Though many farms still existed in the north, more and more of its economy was becoming based on what?
Manufacturing (or factories.)
200
What was much of the South's economy based upon?
Agriculture (or farming.)
300
This section of the country was referred to as "wild"
The West
300
Lincoln was what number president?
The 16th.
300
The Fugitive Slave Law required people to do what (even if they disagreed with slavery)?
Return runaway slaves to their owners.
300
What did many from the North feel government's structure should be?
The Federal government should be strong.
300
What did many in the south feel the structure of government should be?
States should have equal or more power than the federal government.
400
This section of the country liked "being British".
The South
400
Lincoln was elected in what year?
1860.
400
The Dred Scott decision was a blow to the abolitionist movement. Why?
The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, no matter where their owners took them.
400
Describe what popular sovereignty is.
The right of people to make political decisions for themselves.
400
Name at least three states that seceded from the Union by February 1861.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas.
500
The section of the country considered themselves the "birth place of the Revolution".
The North
500
Southerners viewed Lincoln as a threat to what?
The Southern way of life.
500
This law, passed in 1820, established Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also created an invisible line across the US; north of the line would be free, south would be slave.
The Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820.
500
Name the book that convinced many in the North that slavery was wrong.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
500
Name at least two states that seceded from the Union after President Lincoln called for 75,000 soldiers to fight the rebellion.