causes of the civil war

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

• North

• South

• West

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

• North

• South

• West

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

• Henry David Thoreau

• Harriett Beecher Stowe

• Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Ernest Hemingway

The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use Popular Sovereignty to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained by the -

• Revolutionary War
• War of 1812
• US-Mexican War
• Civil War

Which characteristic is correctly matched with a number in the table?

• 1:  Indigo
• 2:  Gold Mining
• 3:  Rocky Soil
• 4:  Cotton

The primary goal of the American Temperance Society was to -

• create a self-sufficient utopian society
• ban the spread of slavery to new territories
• gain the release of mentally ill people from prisons
• decrease the consumption of alcohol

Which of the following statements best explains the ruling in Dred Scott v. Sandford?

• Neither slavery, nor involuntary servitude shall exist within the United States
• Persons of African decent cannot be citizens and the federal government has no power to regulate slavery in federal territories
• All persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens of the United States
• A state has the right to nullify or invalidate any federal law which that states has deemed unconstitutional

In 1850 the Congress approved the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law to allow slave hunters to seize alleged fugitive slaves without due process of law. The law resulted in -

• Southerners challenging the Constitutionality of the Fugitive Slave Law
• The promotion of women's suffrage by abolitionist societies
• An increase in Northern support for the Abolitionist movement
• The secession of South Carolina in 1851

• Reform Movements
• The American Revolution
• Transcendentalism
• The 1st Great Awakening

Which of these individuals would have been most likely to agree with the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• Temperance supporter

• Abolitionist

• Suffrage supporter

• Business owner