Causes of the Civil War

___________ is defined as “rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.”

• States' Rights
• Popular Sovereignty
• Sectionalism
• Segregation

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

• Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.
• The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.
• Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.
• White indentured servants wanted more money. 

Although the Civil War eventually put an end to slavery, for what reason did the war begin?

• to gain control of the California Territory in the west 
• to preserve the Union under one government
• because of the North's attempt to develop its own agriculture
• because of the South's attempt to become industrialized

What put all African Americans in the north in danger of being kidnapped and forced into slavery by slave catchers, even if they were already free?

•  start of the Civil War
• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation
• passage of the fugitive slave law
• enactment of the 13th Amendment 

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected? 

• Southern States
• Northern States
• Hawaii
• Great Britain

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Canada
• North Carolina
• Arkansas
• South Carolina

an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state  

• Roger B. Taney
• Dred Scott
• Stephen Douglass
  John Brown
• Stephen Douglas

A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 presidential election was:

• 7 southern states seceded to form the Confederacy
• President Buchanan threatened to invade South Carolina
• Senator Sumner was beaten on the Senate floor
• the border states sided with the Confederacy

Was a failed attempt to help the slaves rise up against their owners.

• Lincoln/Douglas Debates
• John Brown's Raid
• The Underground Railroad
• Bleeding Kansas

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.