Civil War Causes

Why did Harriet Beecher Stowe write "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• Because she got bored

• To promote slavery in the North

• To show the evils of slavery and the injustices of the Fugitive Slave Act.

• To promote the formation of the Democrat Party

All of the following were Advantages of the North (Union) except --

• Higher population

• Better military leader - General Lee

• More railroads (Resources)

• More factories

Which event led to the formation of the Republican Party in the 1850s?

• Upset with the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Dissatisfaction with the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

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The Compromise of 1850 restored balance between slave states and free states by admitting California to the Union.

• True

• False

Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union. He won the election and both the North and the South were happy for his victory.

• True

• False

What is the historical significance of Fort Sumter, South Carolina?

• First military base in the Confederate States of America

• The first capitol of the Confederate States of America

• Abe Lincoln was caught fighting Confederate Generals

• The first shots of the Civil War; Confederate fires shots at the army base.

All of the following were Advantages or Disadvantages for the South/CSA at the beginning of the Civil War EXCEPT

• Fighting an offensive war by invading enemy territory

• Better military leader—Robert E. Lee

• Less population and resources

• Fighting a defensive war on their own territory

What led to the violence in Kansas known as “Bleeding Kansas” in 1854-1856?

• Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin

• The rivalry between proslavery and anti settlers rushing into the new territory

• It reinforced the authority of Congress to outlaw slavery in territories.

Which of the following can be said of Abraham Lincoln.

• He won the election despite of receiving only 40% of the popular vote

• He was defeated by Stephen Douglass

• He wanted to gain European Recognition

• He wanted to to established his right to leave the Union.

Which of the following was the South’s reason for fighting the Civil War?

• They just felt like throwing hands

• To establish its right to impose low tariffs

• To ABOLISH slavery

• To establish its right to leave the union