Causes of the Civil War

Where would you find most plantations?

• North

• South

• Both the North and the South

• West

Where did most Southerners live in the 1850s?

• cities
• large towns
• farms
• up North

Where were most of the cities in the 1850s?

• North
• South
• East
• West

What was the North's point of view on slavery in the 1850s?

• They had outlawed slavery
• They were pro-slavery.
• The hired slaves as workers.
• Slavery was used for farming.

What is an abolitionist?

• Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
• Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
• Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
• Someone who wants to never wear jeans.

This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

• Abraham Lincoln
• Nat Turner
• John Brown
• Harriet Tubman

What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?

• Southern states wanted a free state.
• It made an equal number of slave and free states.
• It made more slave states.
• It made more free states.

What led to violence in Kansas in 1854?

• People disagreed over the vote for slavery.
• People voted for Kansas to be free.
• People voted for Kansas to be a territory.
• Nebraska was split.

What was the effect of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?

• The North made John Brown a general.
• John Brown was given an award.
• It drew the North and South together.
• John Brown was hanged.

Believing that your section of the country is more important than the rest of the country is...

• partisanship
• Civil War
• sectionalism
• treason