SS8H5A Vocab

What is States Rights?

• The authority states have to govern what goes on inside their own borders.

• The power a state has in relation to the Federal Government

• The belief that the state is always right

• The rights that people have that can not be taken away.

The idea of Nullification, to make something null and viod, came out of what event the angered the south while trying to help the north?

• Tariff of 1828

• Compromise of 1860

• Election of 1960

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What is a Civil War?

• A war between two different races of people

• A war between to factions of people of the same country

• A war that is on a global scale

• A war on religion

What are Tariffs?

• Taxes on Exports

• Taxes on Imports

• Taxes on Legislators

• The paycheck of the President

Who led the "March to the Sea"?

• William Tecumseh Shermen

• Abraham Lincoln

• Robert E. Lee

• Ulysess S. Grant

Which term refers to the act of voiding or rejecting a federal law?

• secession

• ratification

• justification

• nullification

The belief that a state's sovereignty, or authority, is more important than that of the national government.

• States' Rights

• Secession

• Union

Leading up to the Civil War, Congress put in place several _______, when it came to slavery and other issues related to states' rights.

• Laws

• Compromises

• Acts

• Amendments

Which term refers to the act of separating from a nation and becoming independent?

• Nullification

• Secession

• Compromise

• Amendment

This was the war fought between the North and South in the United States (1861-1865), also known as the War Between the States.

• American Revolution

• War of the United States

• Battles of Atlanta

• Civil War