Causes of the Civil War REVIEW

Secede means to...

• join

• get rid of

• come together

• seperate

This was the main thing that caused the South to secede because they said they did not have to follow the federal laws.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin

• John Brown's Raid

• State's Rights

• Fort Sumter

This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not allow this. The South depended on this for their economy.

• State's Rights

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Slavery

• John Brown's Raid

This person was the president of the United States during the Civil War?

• Jefferson Davis
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Robert E. Lee

Who won the Civil War?

• Union
• Confederacy

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

• slavery would be banned in all future states.

• the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

• the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

• slavery would be allowed in every future state.

As a result of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was banned in which city?

• New York

• Atlanta

• Boston

• Washington D.C.

This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves and instead had to return them to their owners.

• Missouri Compromise

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Dred Scott Case

What did the South's economy depend on?

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Coal mining

• Food production

What did the North's economy depend on?

• Food production

• Agriculture

• Manufacturing

• Coal mining