Causes of the Civil War - SS.912.A.2.1

Causes of the Civil War

SS.912.A.2.1 - Review causes and consequences of the Civil War.

Multiple Select

Select all of the true statements about the differences between the North and South during the antebellum (pre-civil war) period:

• The South relied on the cotton industry.

• The North had fewer cities.

• Railroad lines were evenly established in both areas.

• The North had more manufacturing and railroad lines.

• The South had an economy that depended on slavery.

Multiple Choice

What is sectionalism?

• The expansion of participation in local governments

• The growth of polarized political parties

• Having more loyalty toward one's region than one's country as a whole

• The splitting of a political party into two new factions

Multiple Choice

At the time of the Missouri Compromise, there were 11 free states and 11 slave states. Where would the balance between free and slave states become unbalanced if Missouri was accepted as a slave state?

• In the House of Representatives

• In the Senate

• In the Executive Branch

• In the Judicial Branch

Multiple Select

Select ALL of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850

• The Fugitive Slave Law was created

• California was admitted as a free state

• Slave trade continued in Washington DC

• People in new territories could vote to determine whether or not to allow slavery

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT true about the abolition movement?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel caused many northerners to support abolition

• The underground railroad caused many southerners to join the movement

• The Fugitive Slave Act enraged northerners and increased support for abolition

• Frederick Douglas and William Lloyd Garrison published abolitionist texts

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

• Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

• Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

• Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

Multiple Select

Select TWO effects of the Dred Scott decision:

• Pro-slavery southerners were happy

• Slavery was declared unconstitutional

• Abolitionists were outraged

• African Americans' citizenship was recognized

Exit Ticket

Multiple Choice

The greater loyalty that many Americans felt towards their region rather than the country as a whole is referred to as

• sectionalism

• abolitionism

• racism

• patriotism

Multiple Choice

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

• end fighting between midwestern farmers and native American Indians

• encourage manufacturing in the west

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

Multiple Choice

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

• proslavery and antislavery groups

• Spanish landowners and new American settler

• Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• Native American Indians and white settlers

Multiple Choice

Which of the following contributed to an increase in support for the abolition movement?

• The publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Nat Turner rebellion

• The passage of tariffs

Multiple Choice

What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern states from the Union prior to the start of the Civil War?

• election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency

• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown

• decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case