Causes of the Civil War

Someone who wants to end slavery.

• confederacy
• abolitionist
• tariff
• representative

After the Confederacy seceded from the Union, they decided on a capital.  What is the name of the new capital of the Confederacy?

• Washington DC
• Richmond, Virginia
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Harpers' Ferry

The Missouri Compromise of 1820 made Missouri a ____ state and Maine became a free state. 

• Free
• Slave

What is the name of the compromise guy?  His nickname was "The Compromiser."

• John C. Calhoun
• Abraham Lincoln
• Nat Turner
• Henry Clay of Kentucky

This guy argued for states' rights, because he did not want the federal government interfering. Who was this guy? 

• John Brown
• John Emerson
• John C. Calhoun
• Johnny Appleseed

Who did Dred Scott go to court with?

• John Emerson
• Mrs. Emerson
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Henry Clay 

Which of the following states was not part of the Confederacy?

• Maine
• Missouri
• Georgia
• South Carolina 

Which abolitionist wrote a newspaper called The Liberator?

• President Lincoln
• Henry Clay
• Jefferson Davis
• William Lloyd Garrison

Where did John Brown's raid occur?

• Harpers' Ferry
• Happy Tails
• Missouri
• Ferry's Harper 

Why was slavery so important to the southern states? 

• Businesses wanted enslaved people to build factories.
• The government wanted enslaved people to pay tariffs.
• Factory owners wanted enslaved people to to build machines.
• Southern farmers wanted more enslaved people to produce cotton.