Ch. 9 Causes of Division and Early Compromises

Front

Which economic feature was more common in the North before the Civil War? Options: Cities with many factories providing work, Large plantations growing labor-intensive crops, An economy depending on enslaved farm workers, Cash crops as the main source of income

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Cities with many factories providing work

Front

What did many people in the South fear about abolishing slavery?

Back

It would destroy their region's economy and wealth

Front

Which statement describes a constitutional belief held more in the North? Options: Support for a strong national government over states, Belief that states could nullify national laws, Backing for states' rights over federal power, Insisting each state decide slavery alone

Back

Support for a strong national government over states

Front

What was one main goal of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

Back

Balance free and slave states in the Union

Front

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 angered many Northerners?

Back

The Fugitive Slave Act requiring captures

Front

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow voters in each territory to do?

Back

Decide the slavery issue by popular sovereignty

Front

According to the map, which color shows Confederate states?

Back

Red with dot pattern

Front

What new state formed in 1863 from northwestern Virginia?

Back

West Virginia

Front

Why did many Northerners want to keep the Union together?

Back

They believed the nation could not be divided

Front

Which event marked the official start of the Civil War in April 1861?

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Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina