Issues that divided the Nation

People in the North wanted to be able to keep slaves.

• true

• false

Issues with slavery increasingly divided the nation.

• true

• false

The North was mainly a(n) __________ society where people had jobs in cities.

• suburban

• rural

• urban

The South was mainly a(n) _____________ society filled with farms and plantations.

• suburban

• rural

• urban

The North believed

• the federal government had supreme power over the states.

• the states had more power than the federal government.

• the federal government and the states had equal power.

The South believed

• The federal government had supreme power over the states.

• the states could declare national laws illegal.

• slavery should be abolished.

The South believed slavery should be abolished.

• true

• false

The North believed slavery should be abolished.

• true

• false

The South was afraid their way of life would be ruined if slavery was abolished.

• true

• false

A major conflict in the Civil War was the difference in belief in states rights versus a strong central government.

• true

• false