Causes of the Civil War

Select the word that fits the definition:

"To break apart or separate"

• expand

• secede

• plantation

• 10th amendment

What event lead to the secession of South Carolina?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Missouri Compromise

• Bleeding Kansas

• Abraham Lincoln's election of 1860

According to the tenth amendment, any power not delegated in the constitution or given to the Federal government goes to the ___________

• States

• Mayor

• Military

• All of the above

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

• Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.

• The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.

• Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.

• Slaves wanted more money.

Slavery, states’ rights, sectionalism, and balance of power in the Senate are all ________________.

• Factors Supporting Abolition
• Primary Causes of the Civil War
• Consequences of Lincoln's Election
• Reasons for the Failure of Reconstruction 

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

• North

• South

• West

Loyalty to your state or region over the country as a whole was one cause of the Civil War known as

• Slavery

• Secession

• Sectionalism

• State rights

The first state to secede from the Union was

• Canada

• North Carolina

• Arkansas

• South Carolina

How was Frederick Douglass different from many other slaves of his time?

• Douglass did not support the antislavery movement in the United States.

• Douglass was well educated and had published narratives about his life.

• Douglass won his freedom after he petitioned the Supreme Court.

• Douglass was able to gain the respect of southerners for his abolitionist work.

What was John Brown's master plan?

• To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

• To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

• To get Abraham Lincoln elected

• To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion