Causes of the Civil War

The North and the South were divided on all of these issues EXCEPT:

• state's rights

• having 3 branches of government

• selection of Lincoln as President

• tariffs

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.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Doughlas, William Lloyd Garrison are examples of

• Supreme Court Justices

• abolitionists

• governors in slave states

• the other 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1860

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 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 did slaves use to escape to Freedom?

• The Anaconda Plan
• The Oregon Trail
• The Union Express Railroad
• The Underground Railroad

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.