VUS 7a

VUS 7a  What were the most important causes of sectional conflicts in the 30 years leading up to the Civil War?

• tariffs and slaver
  
• the sale of western land and immigration
• westward expansion and internal improvements
• railroads and expansion

VUS 7a What event sparked secession of the southern states?

• the Civil War
• election of Lincoln in 1860
• the incident at Harper’s Ferry
• Bleeding Kansas

VUS 7a Which state led the way in secession?

• Georgia
• Mississippi
• South Carolina
• Virginia

_{VUS 7a Lincoln was willing to go to war in 1861:}

• to abolish slavery.
• to preserve the Union.
• to unite the Republican party.
• to gain revenge on John C. Calhoun.

VUS 7a According to the maps above, which event accepted California as a “free state” and provided for

• “popular sovereignty” in the territories won in the Mexican War?
• Missouri Compromise
• Compromise of 1850
• Kansas-­Nebraska Act

VUS 7a Which region of the United States developed more of an industrial economy by the mid-19th Century?

• The North
  
• The South
• The West
• All regions equally developed an industrial economy

VUS 7a In order to protect industry from foreign competition, the government would place a  high tax on imported goods, so that people would purchase cheaper American made products. What was this called?

• an embargo
• an excise tax
• an income tax
• a tariff

VUS 7a Which region seemed to oppose a tax on imported goods and WHY?

• the North because it stifled (reduced) exports
• the South because they claimed it was unconstitutional
• the North because it encouraged the South to sell cotton to Britain
• the South because it raised the price of goods and reduced cotton exports

VUS 7a The new economic system developing in the south could be BEST described as:

• agricultural system based on growth of staple crops exported North
• agricultural system using slave labor to grow cotton in the Deep South
• diverse economy of agriculture and textile industry
• more industrial, focusing on extension of railroads and canals