Causes of the American Civil War

The 1828 and 1832 nullification crisis was over which of the following?

True or False: The largest percentage of southerners owned slaves.

Which geographic region of the country allowed slavery prior to the Civil War?

The compromise that allowed Missouri to become a state banned slavery north of the ...

Because of the cotton gin...

Who invented the cotton gin?

Which 1820's invention decreased travel time, lowered shipping costs & help create new cities?

How did the cotton gin impact the south?

Which geographic region had an economy that was based on industry prior to the Civil War?

Which group of southerners were the wealthiest and often served in government?

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to _______ about slavery

Which geographic region had an economy that was based on agriculture prior to the Civil War?

A person who wanted to end slavery was called ...

Why did the Supreme Court rule against the slave who sued for freedom?

The act of states ignoring or voiding federal laws that they do not agree with is called...

GA threatened to what if the Fugitive Slave act wasn't enforced or if slavery were outlawed?

Who was the slave who sued for freedom because they had been carried to a free state.

What did the cotton gin do?

Which geographic region had the largest population prior to the Civil War?

Because of the fighting over slavery, what did Kansas get called?

Which region fo the country was urban?

Allowed California to become a free state and enacted the Fugitive Slave Act.

Allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state.

The rights and powers held by individual U.S. states rather than by the federal government.

Undue concern with local interests or petty distinctions at the expense of general well-being

GA would agree to California being a state only if the fugitive slave act was enforced.