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Causes of the Civil War
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1
What law(s) led to the violence that created the nickname, "Bleeding Kansas?"
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Laws
The Kansas Nebraska Act
2
The South
approved
of Lincoln's election because they
agreed with his abolitionist
policies.
True
False
3
Which event occurred first?
Abraham Lincoln is elected president.
Mexico loses Texas in the Texas Revolution.
Mexico gains independence from Spain.
Mexico loses the "Mexican Cession" in the MX-US War.
4
Why did Texas want to stay a slave state?
Texas relied on manufacturing for an income.
Texas relied on agriculture for an income.
Texas relyed on oil for an income.
Texas relied on the government for everything.
5
Which of the following words means to formally break away from a created group or federation?
succession
secede
cession
cede
6
In which section(s) of the color coded map was the issue of slavery decided by popular sovereignty?
Yellow Section
Blue Section
Purple/Brown Sections
Green Section
7
Which section favored/needed/used tariffs, factories, abolition, and the federal government?
The East
The West
The North
The South
8
Which section favored/needed/used state's rights, slaves, plantations, agriculture, and cotton production?
The North
The South
The East
The West
9
Why was slavery popular in the South, but it was despised in the North?
The development of the railroad made it popular.
The South relied on cash crops and lots of labor.
The West was being settled by poor people.
The North employed children in factories.
10
What law(s) were seen as particularly intrusive to the abolitionists in the north?
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
Fugitive Slave Laws
The Kansas Nebraska Act
11
Abraham Lincoln was elected in ____?
1850
1860
1845
1848
12
The election of 1860 was the main reason that the southern states decided to secede.
False
True
13
What most likely increased slavery in the American South?
Settlement of the West
The Constitution of 1824
Creation of Fugitive Slave Laws
Expansion of the Cotton Trade
14
Unless specifically enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, who gets to make decisions regarding laws of a state?
We don't know who has that right.
The people have that right.
The states have that right.
The federal government has that right.
15
Which section could be described by ranching, mining, low population, territories (not states)?
The South
The West
The North
The East
16
Why did the South
not
want tariffs?
Tariffs would make the government more powerful.
Tariffs would make items that the south imported more expensive.
Tariffs would make cotton cheaper.
