Causes of the Civil War

Question 1

P.O.V. Statement: A protective tariff is a great idea!

Accepted Answer

North

Question 2

The fugitive slave act was a part of the Compromise of 1850. What else is part of that Compromise?

Accepted Answer

California is admitted as a free state

Question 3

P.O.V. Statement: Any state has the right to secede from the Union

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South

Question 4

Which of the following is true about the Southern climate's impact on its economy?

Accepted Answer

They grew agricultural products that encouraged slavery

Question 5

Which of the following are correctly paired together?

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South: Agriculture / North: Manufacturing

Question 6

P.O.V. Statement: What we need is a stricter Fugitive Slave law

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South

Question 7

P.O.V. Statement: Uncle Tom's Cabin is a misrepresentation of Southern Life

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South

Question 8

Why did slavery not take off in the North?

Accepted Answer

Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North

Question 9

P.O.V. Statement: The new Republican party is the hope for the future

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North

Question 10

Abolitionists would be most likely to support which of the following?

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Activities of the Underground Railroad

Question 11

Both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 settled disputes over...

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Whether a new territory would allow slavery

Question 12

Which would be considered a MAJOR cause of the Civil War?

Accepted Answer

South claimed the right to secede from the Union

Question 13

P.O.V. Statement: Slavery should not be allowed to spread into the new territories

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North

Question 14

Which of the following was an early attempt to stop the spread of slavery?

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The Northwest Ordinance

Question 15

P.O.V. Statement: Eli Whitney's Cotton Gin had the greatest impact on my section

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South

Question 16

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed people to decide wether...

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their territory would allow slavery or not

Question 17

P.O.V. Statement: Eli Whitney's interchangeable parts had the greatest effect on my section

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North

Question 18

P.O.V. Statement: Slaves are treated like family

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South

Question 19

P.O.V. Statement: Justice Taney's decision in the Dred Scott case was unfair!

Accepted Answer

North

Question 20

P.O.V. Statement: John Brown's raid was an honorable act

Accepted Answer

North

Question 21

Which would Southern Democrats agree with?

Accepted Answer

The government does not have the right to ban slavery

Question 22

What did the fugitive slave act include?

Accepted Answer

Anyone helping an escaped slave would be punished

Question 23

What was an impact of the Dred Scott decision?

Accepted Answer

It allowed slavery to expand into the territories

Causes of the Civil War

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Causes of the Civil War

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