Unit 5 Civil War And Reconstruction

Which policy caused tension between northern factory owners and southern plantation owners?

• Allowing workers to go on strike
• Granting voting rights to women
• Placing tariffs on imported goods

In 1861 a civil war began between northern and southern states of the United States. A major reason for this conflict was a disagreement about —

• the right of states to maintain the practice of slavery
• the admission of free states into the union
• the return of fugitive enslaved people to slaveholders

These 3 events contributed to issues related to slavery and what else?

• the election of Abraham Lincoln
• the creation of the Missouri Compromise
• the start of the American Civil War

The American Civil War started on April 12, 1861 when

• Confederate Army soldiers fired on Fort Sumter
• Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States
• South Carolina seceded from the union

The invention of the cotton gin increased the amount of cotton being produced. This then resulted in an increased number of —

• trade ports in the South
• textile factories in the South
• enslaved people in the South

How did people use the land differently between northern and southern states?

• Northern states had large farms, while southern states concentrated on building factories.
• Northern states built large plantations, while southern states concentrated on mining.
• Northern states had factories and small farms, while southern states had large farms and plantations.

Which statement best describes how U.S. settlement patterns were changing in the early 1800s?

• Urban areas of the North were rapidly increasing.
• Most people lived in large urban centers.
• Southerners were moving from the South to the North

Which geographic factor contributed to the establishment of plantations in southern states?

• Mild winters and warm summers
• Large amount of spring snow melt
• Heavy rainfall in winter and summer

A geographic factor that contributed most to the location of the cities listed below was —
Ten Largest U.S. Cities in 1860  ●  New York City, New York
  ●  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  ●  Brooklyn, New York
  ●  Baltimore, Maryland
  ●  New Orleans, Louisiana
  ●  Cincinnati, Ohio
  ●  St. Louis, Missouri
  ●  Chicago, Illinois
  ●  Buffalo, New York

• mild winters
• proximity to gold mines
• access to a sea port

The plantation system in the southern United States thrived because of the demand for —

• sugar
• cotton
• tobacco