Civil War

What was the main issue that divided the North and South? 

• Tariff 
• Slavery 
• States' Rights
• Cultural differences

Why did the South oppose a tariff? 

• it increased the price of cotton 
• the north may stop buying their cotton 
• believed manufactured prices would increase and Great Britain would not buy their cotton
• it decreased the price of manufactured goods

Why did the North favor a tariff? 

• protected their jobs from foreign competition 
• it increased the prices of cotton 
• it would decrease slave labor 
• it would punish the Southern economy 

What was the result of the Missouri Compromise? 

• Missouri - slave and Maine- slave
• Missouri - free and Maine - Free
• Missouri - slave and Maine - free
• Missouri - free and Maine - slave 

What Pre-Civil War region is shown? 

• North
• South
• Western territories

What did Southerners believe about the role of government? 

• Believed in a strong central government
• Believed the national government was supreme over the states 
• States' Rights - could declare national laws illegal 
• Believed the national government should be abolished 

What state entered as a Free state in the Compromise of 1850?

• Missouri
• California 
• Maine
• Florida

When people decide the issue of slavery this is known as -

• Electoral College 
• Elections 
• Popular Sovereignty
• Compromise 

Why did the North oppose slavery? 

• Believed it should be abolished to hurt the Southern economy 
• Believed it should be abolished for moral reasons 
• Believed slavery would end on its own
• Believed the slavery issue could be compromised 

The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed for the people - 

• to decide on the issue of slavery 
• to elect representatives 
• to end slavery 
• to admit their state to the Union