What was the main reason that the Southern economy remained largely agricultural?

Cotton sales were very profitable

What was Uncle Tom's Cabin and why was it important?

Book written by H.B. Stowe; on cruel realities of slavery.

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?

Popular sovereignty is used to decide how to enter the Union

After his execution, northerners considered John Brown a martyr because

They felt he died fighting for of slavery

How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?

As a source of labor, slavery was an economic issue.

Why did people in the North and the South have such different views about slavery?

Southern economy was linked to slavery, while Northern wasnt

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War

Taxation without representation

Which of the following was the primary goal of President Abraham Lincoln when he took office?

Preserve Union & stop slavery from spreading.

What does the following quote express “We don’t respect this law, and we won’t obey it”?

The reaction of the North to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.

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Causes of the Civil War

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1
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
Immigration
Taxes
Slavery
Foreign Invasion
2
The law that required all citizens to help catch runaway enslaved people was the ___?
Runaway Act
Removal Act
Slave Owners Act
Fugitive slave Act
3
What was the main reason that the Southern economy remained largely agricultural?
Cotton sales were very profitable
There were no railroads in the South.
Southerners did not know how to start industries.
Southerners refused to work in factories
4
What was Uncle Tom's Cabin and why was it important?
It was where the Civil War started.
Book written by H.B. Stowe; on cruel realities of slavery.
Book written by Frederick Douglas about his life as a slave.
Where Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas met in 1856.
5
Who won the most electoral votes in the Election of 1860?
Lincoln
Breckinridge
Douglas
Bell
6
In 1859, this abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to start a slave revolt.
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
7
Slaves in the Southern states did not have suffrage. What does this mean?
They could not own property
They could not be taught to read or write.
They could not officially leave the plantation
They could not vote
8
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act declare?
California would enter the Union as a slave state.
It outlawed slavery in all territory gained from Mex and FL.
Popular sovereignty is used to decide how to enter the Union
Missouri joins as a slave state Maine joins as a free state
9
What Supreme Court decision meant that the Constitution protected slavery?
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
The Dred Scott case
Missouri Compromise
Election of 1856
10
After his execution, northerners considered John Brown a martyr because
They felt he died for a great cause
They felt he died fighting for of slavery
They felt he was a great overseer
They felt he supported states rights
11
How did many Southern slaveholders view the issue of slavery?
As a source of labor, slavery was an economic issue.
slavery is a political problem & the gov't should solve it.
Slavery is tradition to be held to keep ties with the past.
Slavery was considered immoral and should be abolished.
12
Why did people in the North and the South have such different views about slavery?
North doesn't want slavery in western territories.
Southern economy was linked to slavery, while Northern wasnt
Most people in the South believed slavery was morally wrong.
South wanted to phase out slavery, north wanted a fast end.
13
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War
Taxation without representation
Slavery
Secession from the Union
Economic differences between the North and South
14
A war between citizens of the same country is called _______?
a cold war
a civil war
an undeclared war
a country war
15
Many Southerners justified secession with the theory of
Constitutionalism
States' Rights
Transcendentalism
Federalism
16
Which of the following was the primary goal of President Abraham Lincoln when he took office?
To abolish slavery in both the North and South.
Preserve Union & stop slavery from spreading.
To punish the Southern States for secession.
Keep southern states happy & allow slavery below 36.30N line
17
What does the following quote express “We don’t respect this law, and we won’t obey it”?
The reaction of the Yeoman to the Fugitive Slave Act, 1850.
The reaction of the South to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
All of the above.
The reaction of the North to the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
18
Did the candidate who won the popular vote also win the electoral college votes?
It was a tie
They needed a recount
No
Yes
19
Antislavery Whigs, Democrats, and Free-Soilers joined together to form what new organization?
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Abolitionist Party
Antislavery Society
20
What marked the beginning of the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Yorktown
First battle of Manassas
21
Enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act led to what?
Disappointment in the South
More anger in the North
An end to the struggle
Compromise

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