Civil War

Which of the following answer choices best reflects the impact of the tariff policies on Northern businesses?

• The tariff has harmed our economy by making us pay more money for the imported goods.

• The tariff serves to protect our industries and keeps us competitive with foreign manufacturers.

• The tariff is keeping slavery profitable by increasing the demand for cotton and other cash crops.

• The tariff allows for the country to continue to expand westward by making it easier to travel.

"These tariff rates are nearly at 25 percent and we have almost no manufacturing industries. They are injuring our economic interests."

The above quote would have most likely been made by a --

• Northerner

• Federalist

• Mormon settler

• Southerner

The tariffs policy put into place in the first half of the 19th century led to --

• a strong feeling of nationalism that unified the North and South

• Southern plantation owners focusing on tobacco and cotton

• increased feelings of sectionalism between the North and South

• Northern manufacturers going into debt due to the tariff

Which of the following quotes best reflects the effects of the tariff policies on the southern United States?

• "By enacting these policies we have no other choice but to abandon slavery and emancipate our slaves."

• "Our plantations have been laid to waste and we are now forced to build new manufacturing industries."

• "It is harming our economy at the expense of benefitting yours by making us pay more for the European goods."

• "It has been detrimental to our industrial economy by making us charge less for our goods than imported goods."

"My manufactured goods are now selling much better than the ones that are being imported from England."

The above quote would have most likely been made by a --

• Northerner

• Democratic-Republican

• Mormon settler

• Southerner

Before the Civil War most of the southern states were opposed to the tariff policies of the United States because --

• their plantations need slaves to grow cash crops

• it made their manufactured goods cost less

• they depended on imported manufactured goods

• the western territories had abundant natural resources

In the cartoon above, which regional group is represented by the man with the tattered clothes on the left?

• Southern plantation owners

• Western gold miners

• Mormon settlers

• Northern merchants

In the time period after the American Revolution and before the Civil War many states had enacted slave codes which were designed to --

• reunite slaves with lost family members

• gives slaves a path to buy their freedom

• allow slaves to be taught to read and write

• keep slaves in a subservient state to their owners

In the time before the Civil War, runaway slaves had to escape all the way north to Canada to gain their freedom because --

• The Dred Scott decision ruled that slavery was now legal in all territories.

• The Fugitive Slave Act had been agreed to in the Compromise of 1850.

• Canada needed experienced farmers to settle in their densely populated urban areas.

• The fugitive slaves had less economic and social opportunities in Canada.

According to the advertisement above, how did the Fugitive Slave Act affect the lives of free African Americans ?

• They faced the threat of being captured and sold into slavery.

• They would have to testify in court regarding runaway slaves.

• They were required to get their identification papers from the state.

• The men had to register with the Union army for the draft.