Causes of the Civil War

When did the first slaves arrive in America?

• 1619

• 1776

• 1804

• 1860

Laws that defined enslaved people as property and regulated every aspect of their life were known as:

• Fugitive Slave Laws

• Abolitionist Codes

• Underground Railroad

• Slave Codes

Which of these was a key economic activity in the North before the Civil War?

• Large scale cotton production

• Tobacco farming

• Manufacturing and industry (factories)

• Rice cultiivation

What was the main economic reason Southern states wanted to maintain slavery?

• To keep manufacturing costs low

• To maintain their plantation based agricultural economy

• To compete with European markets

• To prevent Northern economic dominance

An abolitionist is a person who:

• opposes war

• supports war

• opposes slavery

• supports slavery

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincon

• Frederick Douglas

• Louisa May Alcott

The Underground Railroad was

• An actual railroad system that transported goods between states

• A network of secret routes and safe houses used by enslaved people to escape to free states

• A system of tunnels beneath Southern plantations

• A Northern railroad company that refused to transport Southern goods

Which "conductor" of the Underground Railroad led more than 400 slaves to freedom

• Frederick Douglas

• Harriet Tubman

• John Brown

• William Lloyd Garrison

What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820

• A compromise that ended the Civil War

• A law that freed all enslaved people

• An agreement to allow Missouri to be a slave state and Maine to be a free state

• An agreement to allow California to be a free state

The Compromise of 1850 included several provisions EXCEPT:

• Strong Fugitive Slave laws

• California became a free state

• The end of the slave trade in Washington DC

• The immediate abolition of slavery in all states