Causes of the Civil War

Which is a benefit for the NORTH, thanks to the Compromise of 1850?

• California was admitted to the Union

• Slave owners in Washington D.C. were able to keep their slaves.

• The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.

• Texas eventually became a slave state.

Which best explains the impact the cotton gin had on slavery?

• Slavery decreased because this machine increased production.
• Slavery increased because more slaves were needed to pick cotton.
• Slavery increased because this invention helped cotton farmers, but indigo, rice, and tobacco became major crops.
• Slavery decreased because people started to realize that they could industrialize and not use manual labor.

Which amendment allowed women to vote?

• 19th

• 20th

• 18th

• 16th

Which reform movement was the most successful of the Age of Reform?

• Abolition

• Education

• Temperance

• Prison

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.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?

• Uncle Bob's Stories
• Uncle Tom's Hotel
• Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
• Uncle Tom's Cabin

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.

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

• partisanship
• Civil War
• sectionalism
• treason

Who became the president in the election of 1860?

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Jefferson
• James Madison