Causes of Civil War (Part I) Edited

Multiple Choice

Which event listed in the timeline most directly led to the outbreak of the Civil War?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Southern States Secede

• French & Indian War

Multiple Select

Which of the following were loyal slave states during the Civil War?

• Kentucky

• Texas

• Virginia

• Missouri

Multiple Select

Based on the information from the slides, select all statements that describe the North before the Civil War.

• The North relied on factories and businesses.

• The North needed slaves for its economy.

• Northern abolitionists wanted slavery to end.

• Wealthy Southern plantation owners resented Northern interference.

Multiple Choice

Using the map, which states seceded from the Union between December 1860 and February 1861?

• Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina

• Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina

• California, Oregon, Washington

• Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware

Multiple Choice

Why did the economy of the South depend on slave labor during the period of large plantations?

• Because slaves were paid high wages

• Because slaves provided free labor for cash crops like cotton

• Because slaves were skilled in manufacturing

• Because slaves owned the plantations

Multiple Choice

What were the two main issues that increased tensions between the North and South before the Civil War started in 1861?

• States' rights and slavery

• Industrialization and agriculture

• Taxation and trade

• Immigration and education

Multiple Select

Which states or territories were considered loyal free states, loyal slave states, and those that seceded during the Civil War in 1861? Select all that apply.

• Texas was a loyal free state

• Kentucky was a loyal slave state

• California was a loyal free state

• Georgia seceded April–May 1861

Multiple Choice

Why did President Jackson put a tariff on imported goods in 1828?

• To help Southern plantation owners

• To help Northern industries

• To make European goods cheaper

• To encourage farming in the South

Multiple Choice

How did South Carolina respond to the tariff imposed by Congress in the early 1830s?

• Accepted the tariff without protest

• Invoked the doctrine of nullification

• Increased its own tariffs

• Supported Northern industries

Multiple Choice

Which of the following beliefs were held by many people in the South regarding federal laws?

• States could choose which federal laws to obey

• States must always follow federal laws

• Only the President could decide which laws states obey

• States could never withdraw from the Union

Multiple Choice

Which of the following issues was NOT mentioned as a key factor leading to the Civil War in Georgia?

• Slavery

• States' rights

• Industrialization

• Nullification

Multiple Choice

What does secession even mean?

• to join

• to leave

• to ask for

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the new country formed from the states that seceded?

• Southern States of America

• Confederate States of America

• Freedonia

• Seceded States of America

Hotspot

Click which spot is the Union (The United States of America)

Multiple Choice

The Confederacy was also the ___________.

• North

• South

Drag and Drop

The

Placeholder

was about who could add tariffs (taxes) to imports.

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

Nullification Crisis

Boston Tea Party

Declaration of Independence

Dropdown

The belief that a State could nullify a National law was known as

Select answer

Labelling

Which outcome best completes this diagram?

Drag labels to their correct position on the image

Manifest Destiny

Popular Sovereignty

American Revolution

Civil War

Multiple Choice

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

• Missouri
• Maine
• Kentucky
• Alabama

Multiple Choice

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

• permitted, prohibited
• prohibited, permitted or allowed
• sometimes prohibited, never allowed
• cheap, expensive

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?

• California joins as a free state.
• Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C. 
• Maine was admitted as a free state.
• A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.

Multiple Select

Based on the map and your knowledge of U.S. history, which outcomes resulted from this compromise?

Select TWO correct answers.

• California was admitted into the union as a free state.

• A parallel was designated as the boundary between free and slave states.

• Southern state legislatures failed to get a new fugitive-slave law passed.

• New territories were given the power to decide the issue of slavery.

• The Florida territory was purchased from Spain and admitted as a free state.

Multiple Choice

This poster was printed after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. What conclusion can be made about the consequences of this law?

• Northern law enforcement officials would attempt to capture runaway slaves.

• Northern law enforcement officials would not be interested in capturing runaway slaves.

• Northerners were more likely than southerners to approve of the capture of runaway slaves

• Southerners would be forced to capture runaway slaves.

Multiple Choice

Which event listed in the timeline most directly led to the start of the Civil War?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Southern States Secede

• French & Indian War

Multiple Select

What made the BORDER states unique or different?

• They allowed slavery, BUT stayed with the Union.

• They seceded and became their own nation.

• They seceded and but did NOT alllow slavery.

Multiple Select

Select all that apply to the Missouri Compromise. (Select 3 correct answers)

• New fugitive slave law

• Missouri admitted as a slave state

• California admitted as a free state

• Maine admitted as a free state

• no slavery north of 36-30 parallel.

Multiple Choice

What became the most controversial element of the Compromise of 1850?

• The admission of California as a free state
• The Fugitive Slave Act
  
• The banning of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
• The potential opening up of Utah and New Mexico territories to slavery