Causes of Civil War Review

Which statement best describes how the economic systems of the North and South rely on each other?

• The North grew the food that the Southern slaves ate

• The South produced the iron used to build the Northern railroads

• The South grew the cotton and the North turned it into fabric in their factories

• The North sent the skilled laborers and immigrants to the South to help build its railroads and plantations

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to

• end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native Americans

• encourage manufacturing in the West

• increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

• settle disputes over the spread of slavery to western territories

This poster from the 1850s appeared in response to the

• start of the Civil War

• issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation

• passage of the Fugitive Slave law

• enactment of the 13th Amendment

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 created the most controversy?

• the admission of California as a free state

• the organization of New Mexico and Utah as territories open to slavery

• the ending of the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

• the passage of a strong fugitive slave law to return runaway slaves to their owners

The timeline above shows a number of important events in American History. Which of the following would be the best title for the timeline?

• Creation of Jim Crow South

• Events Leading to the Revolutionary War

• Results of the Abolition of Slavery

• Events Leading to the Civil War

"A house divided against itself cannot stand...I do not expect the house to fall -- but I do expect it will cease to be divided." -Abraham Lincoln

Even though Lincoln claimed that his party would not abolish slavery in the South, what does this quote imply?

• Republicans would end slavery if they could.

• Democrats did not have to worry about the Republican stance toward slavery.

• Democrats would end slavery if the could.

• Republicans secretly wanted to expand slavery.

What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern states from the Union prior to the start of the Civil War?

• election of Abraham Lincoln to the presidency

• passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act

• raid on Harper's Ferry by John Brown

• decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case

The greater loyalty that many Americans felt towards their region rather than the country as a whole is referred to as

• sectionalism

• abolitionism

• racism

• patriotism

Which of the following was the justification used by Southern states in secession in 1860 and 1861?

• popular sovereignty

• nullification

• states' rights

• republicanism

Of the following, which best describes the causes of the Civil War?

• Allegiance - Different states had different alliances with European countries

• Manifest Destiny - States had different views over what American's role in the west should be

• Economics - Money-making differences (slaves vs industry) were too great

• Sectionalism - Developing rivalries between states over slavery and other issues