Civil War

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

• a plantation owner
• a protester
• an abolitionist

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Why was John Brown so important to the fight against slavery?

• He led a slave revolt on plantation owners in VA.
• He fought for the South to maintain slavery.
• He fought for the North to receive his freedom after the war.
• He led a revolt at Harper's Ferry in an attempt to start a slave rebellion.

Who was elected president in 1860, in turn causing some southern states to seced?

• Robert E. Lee
• Thomas Jefferson
• Abraham Lincoln

What were the reasons for the start of the civil war?

• economy, slavery, new states
• economy, jobs, income
• slavery, new states
• economy, new states

Who won the war?

• Confederacy
• Union
• England
• France

Showing loyalty to a state or section rather than the whole country is known as

• states' rights
• secede
• sharecropper
• sectionalism

Which section of the US felt more strongly in favor of states’ rights?

• North
• South
• Border states

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The Southern economy was based MOSTLY on:

• Paid workers
• Industry
• Agriculture
• Goods & Services

The Northern economy was based MOSTLY on:

• Unpaid workers

• Industry

• Agriculture

• Goods & Services

What was the MOST SIGNIFICANT outcome of the 1860 Presidential election?

• Abraham Lincoln was elected
• Abraham Lincoln lost the election
• Slavery was immediately abolished (ended)
• The Southern states started to secede( withdraw/leave)