Causes of Civil War
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- Q1A state's refusal to recognize an act of Congress that it considers unconstitutionalNullification30s
- Q2Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nationSecession30s
- Q3The belief that all powers not specifically given to the national government in the U.S. Constitution or specifically denied to the states remain with the with the states.States Rights30s
- Q4Extreme loyalty given to a particular region in the belief that their ideas and interest must be protected from other regions.Sectionalism30s
- Q5the practice of owning people as property.Slavery30s
- Q6California enters as a free state, new Fugitive Slave LawCompromise of 185030s
- Q7Georgia will agree to sign Compromise of 1850 as long as the north does not mess with slavery.Georgia Platform30s
- Q8wrote the Georgia PlatformAlexander Stephens30s
- Q9Won by Lincoln, causing the South to leaveElection of 186030s
- Q10slave who sued for freedom, court said slaves did not have rightsDred Scott30s
- Q11Cities, lots of people, lots of businessesUrban30s
- Q12Factory and business based economyIndustry30s
- Q13Farm and Plantation based economyAgriculture30s
- Q14Farms, wide open spaces, not citiesRural30s
- Q15How did the decision of Dred Scott impact slave rights?Kept families from being seperated when soldSaid slaves did not have any rightsSaid the South should abolish slaveryGave Scott is freedom because he was indeed in a free state30s