Causes of the Civil War

In the Compromise of 1850, California was admitted as a free state and Texas

• Was admitted as a new state

• Was designated as a US Territory

• Was admitted as a slave state

• Was admitted as a free state

Which of the following was not a reason for the growth of slavery?

• Vast amounts of cheap land, warm climate, and rich soil

• The invention of the cotton gin

• A shortage of trained farmers

• A Southern economy driven by agriculture

The economy of the South was dependent on agriculture; however, the economy of the North depended largely on ________________.

• Foreign trade

• Industry

• Banking

• Farming

The people of the Northern States and the people of the Southern States were in agreement about slavery.

• True

• False

Someone who was in favor of ending slavery was known as a (an):

• existentialist

• secessionist

• conventionalist

• abolitionist

Which of the following was NOT a primary factor leading to the Civil War?

• Disagreements over slavery

• Disagreements over state's rights

• Disagreements over tariffs

• Disagreements over transportation

A focus on the interests of one's region is known as:

• localism

• nationalism

• sectionalism

• nihilism

The act of withdrawing from a larger unit one belongs to is known as:

• concession

• recession

• secession

• confession

The first state to secede from the United States was _________ in December of 1860.

• Georgia

• Florida

• Alabama

• South Carolina

The states that left the Union formed a new entity known as the:

• Confederate States of America

• Southern Coalition

• Southern Union

• Fearless Farmers of America