Causes of the Civil War

Where did most Southerners live in the 1850s?

• cities
• large towns
• farms
• up North

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.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

• North

• South

• West

What is a tariff?

• A large bail of cotton.
• a tax on imported goods and products
• a machine to cut cotton
• a foreign soldier

To break away from a group

• state's rights
• slavery
• Gettysburg
• secede

Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the National Government should not interfere.

• slavery

• state's rights

• secede

• Gettysburg

A tax on imported goods was called a ______________. The south did not like this.

• states' right

• tariff

• farce

• Union

The people of the ________________ part of the Country did not approve of slavery. They felt it was morally wrong to own slaves.

• Western
• Eastern
• Southern
• Northern

The Southern States started to quit, or secede from the United States as soon as _________________ was elected President.

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

The ____________ _________ seceded from the United States and formed a new country called the Confederate States of America.

• Northern states
• Southern states
• Eastern states
• Western states