Civil War Era (Causes & Conflict)

The Seneca Falls Convention is a significant event in United States history because it

• showed opposition to slavery in the U.S.

• was an important step in the women’s rights movement.

• was the first national labor union meeting.

• provided the United States with new western territories.

What issue was the greatest single cause of sectionalism before the Civil War?

• None of these choices

• Accents people used when speaking.

• Trade

• Slavery

The cotton gin advanced the growth of the textile industry because it

• provided a faster way of separating seeds from cotton fiber.

• improved the process of weaving cotton cloth.

• made it possible for unskilled slaves to harvest cotton.

• reduced the time needed to plant cotton seeds.

During the early-mid 1800s, the abolitionist movement worked to

• end slavery.

• limit consumption of alcoholic beverages.

• promote the civil service system.

• establish free public schools.

The Underground Railroad was developed in the 1840s in order to

• stop illegal aliens from entering the country.

• help runaway slaves escape to freedom.

• provide a form of inexpensive transportation.

• smuggle illegal goods into the country.

In the early-mid 1800s, the North and the South

• relied on trade with one another.

• were both flooded with immigrants arriving from Europe.

• both built many new factories.

• had similar ways of life.

Which of the following arguments did abolitionists use to oppose slavery?

• The cotton gin made the need for slavery less important.

• The Supreme Court made it illegal with the Dred Scott case.

• Slavery was made illegal in the United States Constitution.

• Slavery went against the Declaration of Independence.

Prior to (before) the Civil War, why was Popular Sovereignty important?

• Voters decided slavery would be legal everywhere in the U.S.

• Voters decided if their area was industrial or agricultural.

• Western voters had the opportunity to decide on slavery.

• All of these choices.

Which of the following were parts of the Compromise of 1850?

• Pop. sov. was used in the Utah & New Mexico Territories.

• All of these choices.

• The Fugitive Slave law was passed.

• Slave trade made illegal in Washington D.C.

The Fugitive Slave Law, Dred Scott Case, & Uncle Tom’s Cabin caused many Northerners to

• support Stephen Douglas for President in 1860.

• hope the South would break away.

• distrust/not support abolitionists.

• support abolitionists in the fight to end slavery.