Which of the following was not true of the Compromise of 1850?

Missouri entered as a free state

Why did the North favor tariffs?

They protected factories from foreign competition.

The Missouri Compromise tried to satisfy people with different beliefs about slavery by —

admitting one free state and one slave state to the Union

What was significant about the Supreme Court's Decision in the Dred Scott Case of 1857?

Congress could not pass laws against slavery.

Why did the issue of abolishing slavery divide the northern and southern states?

North felt slavery morally wrong/South relied on it

Which of the following would be true about the shaded area of the map?

Manufacturing area that supported tariffs

The states shaded in dark green on the map

states that formed the Confederate States of America

Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the South before the Civil War?

Favored stronger central government

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USI.9a,9b Causes of the Civil War

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1
All of the following were issues that divided the nation EXCEPT
Economic
Slavery
Women's Suffrage
Constitutional
2
What would fit in the empty circle to complete the graphic organizer?
Wanted a strong central government
Supported states' rights
Supported the abolition of slavery
Manufacturing society
3
Which of the following was not true of the Compromise of 1850?
California entered the Union as a free state
The slave trade ended in Washington, D.C.
A stricter Fugitive Slave Law was passed
Missouri entered as a free state
4
What event finally caused the South to secede from the Union?
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1860
Firing on Fort Sumter
Lincoln’s election
5
Which event started the Civil War?
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
Fort Sumter
First Manassass
6
Why did the North favor tariffs?
They protected factories from foreign competition.
They increased the amount of foreign goods
They guaranteed workers an increase in wages.
They caused the prices of US goods to increase.
7
In this novel Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote about the cruelties of slavery.
The Liberator
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The North Star
Aunt Phyllis's Cabin
8
The Missouri Compromise tried to satisfy people with different beliefs about slavery by —
prohibiting slavery in the Kansas Territory
spreading slavery to plantations growing cotton and tobacco
admitting one free state and one slave state to the Union
ending the slave trade throughout the country
9
What was significant about the Supreme Court's Decision in the Dred Scott Case of 1857?
Congress could not pass laws against slavery.
It ruled that slavery was illegal in the territories.
It ruled that Congress could pass laws against slavery.
It ruled that slaves could sue for their freedom.
10
Why did the issue of abolishing slavery divide the northern and southern states?
North did not want slaves working in their factories.
North could declare any law illegal not the South .
North felt slavery morally wrong/South relied on it
Southerners wanted to become a manufacturing region
11
The speaker is probably from which region of the United States?
The North
The South
The West
The Southwest
12
Which issue contributed most to sectional differences between the North and the South?
Attack on Fort Sumter
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Abolition of slavery
Expansion of western territory
13
Who led a group of followers in an attempted raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia?
Robert E. Lee
John Brown
Harriet Tubman
Henry Clay
14
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the slavery issue would be settled by —
popular sovereignty
constitutional amendment
state legislatures
federal courts
15
Which of the following would be true about the shaded area of the map?
Manufacturing area that supported tariffs
Urban area made up of plantations
Made up mainly of farms and villages
Relied on slavery
16
The states shaded in dark green on the map
states that formed the Southern States of America
states that formed the Union
states that formed the United States of Confederation
states that formed the Confederate States of America
17
What area would the image represent?
The North
The West
The Southwest
The South
18
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the South before the Civil War?
Opposed tariffs
Agricultural society
Favored stronger central government
Favored stronger states' rights
19
This required that all citizens be obligated to return runaway slaves.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Fugitive Slave Law
20
Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?
Virginia
West Virginia
Missouri
South Carolina

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