Causes of the Civil War

Why did the southern states rely so heavily upon slaves for their way of life?

• They owned big factories and needed workers to work in the factories.

• They had boats and needed the slaves to work on the ships.

• They had large farms and need the slaves to work in the fields to help with the crops.

What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?

• Tories

• Loyalist

• Abolitionists

True or False: The southern states wanted the federal government to have all the power and make all laws

• True

• False

Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

• State's Rights

• Fighting over the Ohio River Valley

• Slavery

• Abraham Lincoln Elected

Was it the North or the South who felt it was wrong for one person to own another?

• North

• South

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a novel written by who?

• Abraham Lincoln

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Dr. Seuss

What was the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin about?

• The evils of slavery.

• The American Revolution

• The Oregon Trail

Who was the abolitionist that led a group of rebels to a gun facility in West Virginia to protest slavery.

• Harriet Tubman

• Frederick Douglass

• John Brown

What did the raid on Harper's Ferry prove?

• People were willing to use violence to end slavery.

• People were not willing to fight for change.

• People didn't know what to do.

What was the final straw for the South?

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• Manifest Destiny

• The Great Compromise