Causes of the Civil War

Question 1

In the North, there were many what?

Accepted Answer

Factories

Question 2

Southern states were ______________ states.

Accepted Answer

slave

Question 3

Which state was the first to secede?

Accepted Answer

South Carolina

Question 4

What does the word secede mean?

Accepted Answer

to leave

Question 5

North Carolina (NC) was what kind of state?

Accepted Answer

Slave State

Question 6

Which part of the country wanted to make sure slavery continued?

Accepted Answer

South

Question 7

This is where the Civil War began.

Accepted Answer

Fort Sumter

Question 8

The United States was also known as the _____________.

Accepted Answer

Union

Question 9

What did the southern states call themselves after they seceded?

Accepted Answer

the Confederate States of America

Question 10

The South was full of lush land and _____________ that depended on slave labor.

Accepted Answer

plantations

Question 11

Northern states were ____________ states.

Accepted Answer

free

Question 12

What does the word abolish mean?

Accepted Answer

to end

Question 13

Which was NOT a reason for the southern states secession?

Accepted Answer

the Fugitive Slave Law

Question 14

Which of these is NOT a free state?

Accepted Answer

Texas (TX)

Question 15

The South wanted to have power to make their own decisions as a state. What was this called?

Accepted Answer

states' rights

Question 16

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

the issue of slavery

Question 17

Who was named president of the new nation of Southern states?

Accepted Answer

Jefferson Davis

Question 18

Which part of the country wanted to abolish slavery?

Accepted Answer

North

Question 19

Who is the man pictured that was elected president in 1860?

Accepted Answer

Abraham Lincoln

Question 20

The north and the south were in disagreement about territories out ____________.

Accepted Answer

west

Questions 20