Causes of the Civil War

Who fought the North in the Civil War?

• England

• South

• West

• East

What was the North's main form of economy?

• Farming

• Transportation

• Industry

• Media

Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?

• Large plantations in the South needed slave labor

• Slave labor was needed to work the mines in the South

• Slaves ran the factories in the South

• The South didn't want slave labor

What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?

• Southerners

• Tories

• Federalists

• Abolitionists

True or False: The southern states wanted the federal government to have all the power and make all the laws.

• True

• False

In what state did the first fighting over slavery take place?

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• New York

What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?

• Democrat

• Libertarian

• Republican

• Independent

Which of the following was not a cause of the Civil War?

• States' Rights

• Pearl Harbor Attack

• Slavery

• Abraham Lincoln elected

True or False: Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern States.

• True

• False

What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?

• Republic of Texas

• Confederate States of America

• New Britain

• Democratic of the Carolinas