Civil War

Until the Civil War, there was no resistance against slavery

• True

• False

The cotton gin increased the need for slaves

• True

• False

Prior to 1860, the South was more urban than rural

• True

• False

Industrial factories emerged in the Northeastern US in the 1800s

• True

• False

The majority of Southern whites owned slaves

• True

• False

The New England region

• had long warm growing season

• Was ideal for growing crops like tobacco

• Had more people living in cities than the South

• Was not hospitable to trade

The American South

• Was ideal for growing crops like tobacco and rice

• Was composed only of plantations

• Did not have any free black landowners

• Was densely populated

Why did many Northern members of Congress oppose the Kansas-Nebraska act

• It opened up a great deal of land to slavery

• It prohibited slavery in any land acquired from Mexico

• It supported the Missouri Compromise

• It ended the practice of popular sovereignty

Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired

• New York

• Antietam

• Fort Sumter

• Missouri

The first blood shed of the Civil War happened on April 19, 1861 in

• Virginia

• Baltimore

• North Carolina

• Missouri