Causes of Civil War Vocab

John Calhoun argued fiercely for _______ and didn't want the federal government interfering. 

• state's rights
• authority
• appease
• compromise

National (not state) government 

• state's rights
• federal
• abolitionist
• hostility 

People who want to stop or put an end to slavery. 

• expand
• federal
• hostility
• abolitionist

To grow larger or to take up more space. 

• abolitionist
• authority
• appease
• expand

There were many ________ over slavery as people tried to discuss the issue of how to resolve it. 
*When people disagree about something*

• compromise
• debates
• authority
• hostility

If you try to _____ your enemies, you may have to give them what they want.

• appease
• federal
• representative
• expand

The two sides agreed to a _____ even though it meant they didn't get all that they wanted. 

• abolitionist 
• appease
• states' rights
• compromise

People who act on behalf of other people. 

• abolitionist
• representatives
• authority
• compromise

There was a lot of anger and ___ between Americans one the issue of slavery. 

• hostility
• debates
• representatives
• authority

The right to tell others what to do. 

• representatives
• hostility
• appease
• authority