Civil War Causes

What is the main reason everything in life eventually breaks?

• Planned obsolescence

• Manufacturing defects

• Because of time and pressure

• Due to lack of care

What year did the Civil War begin?

• 1845

• 1861

• 1850

• 1871

How many American lives were claimed by the Civil War?

• Around 700,000

• Less than 400,000

• About 500,000

• More than 600,000

What was a major difference between the North and South in the United States?

• Population density

• Geographical size

• Economic foundations

• Cultural traditions

Who supplied the labor in the Southern states?

• Paid factory workers

• Enslaved men, women, and children

• Volunteers

• Immigrant workers

What did the North want in terms of new states?

• More slave states

• Industrial states

• More free states

• Agricultural states

What was the Underground Railroad?

• A real railroad beneath the ground

• A metaphor for political escape routes

• A top-secret travel network to help enslaved people escape

• A series of tunnels for transporting goods

What event caused the southern states to secede from the United States?

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

What name was given to the southern states that seceded?

• The Southern Confederacy

• The Rebel States

• The Confederate States of America

• The Secessionist States

What was the main cause of the Civil War according to the text?

• Political disagreements

• Economic differences

• Time and pressure

• Slavery and states' rights