Slaves in the South were considered...

Property who could not own land or sue in court.

The main objective for political parties in the decades before the Civil War was to...

Keep the number of Free States and Slave States equal

Abolitionists tried to free slaves by doing all of the following except...

Attacking ships carrying slaves from Africa.

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Regional Differences before the Civil War

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A quiz over the regional differences in the country during the first half of the 1800s.

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1
This political party was popular in the South in the 1800s and often supported states rights.
Republicans
Democrats
Know Northing Party
Whigs
2
For Southerners _____ was an economic issue and the primary source of cheap labor in the south
Nullification
Tariffs
Immigration
Slavery
3
Slaves in the South were considered...
Property who could not sue in court but could vote.
Citizens who could own property but could not vote.
Citizens who could not own property but could vote.
Property who could not own land or sue in court.
4
The Northern Economy in the 1800s was based on what?
Fishing
Factories
Mining
Farming
5
The main objective for political parties in the decades before the Civil War was to...
Prevent states from nullifying federal laws
Build a large army to protect the country from invasion
Abolish slavery in the whole country
Keep the number of Free States and Slave States equal
6
Abolitionists tried to free slaves by doing all of the following except...
Establishing a colony for freed slaves in Liberia, Africa
Attacking ships carrying slaves from Africa.
Encouraging Slave owners to free their slaves when they died
Helping slaves to escape to free states
7
Although popular with the North and West, the South saw ______ as an unfair economic burden.
Income Taxes
Railroads
Tariffs
Slavery
8
Loyalty to the interests of one's own region rather than to the Country as a whole is called...
Popular Sovereignty
Nullification
Sectionalism
Manumission
9
The following geographic feature was common in the north but lacking in the south in the 1800s
Rivers
Coastal Ports
Railroads
Plantations
10
A _____ wanted to completely end slavery.
Abolitionist
Whig
Democrat
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