Civil War Quiz

What term describes the belief that states could oppose any federal laws they disagreed with?

• Abolitionist

• Agrarian

• States' Rights

• Unionist

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• Compromise of 1850

• U.S. Presidential Election 1860

• Ft. Sumter

• Battle of Palmito Ranch

What was the key reason for Texas' involvement in the Civil War?

• Tariffs

• States' Rights

• Slavery

• Sectionalism

What was the significance of the Compromise of 1850 in the context of the Civil War?

Why did Sam Houston resign as governor of Texas?

• He supported the Confederacy

• He refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy

• He was not re-elected

• He joined the Union army

What type of economy did the Northeast favor according to the document?

• Agrarian economy

• Industrial economy

• Slave labor-based economy

• None of the above

What was the Northeast's stance on tariffs?

• They favored low tariffs to support trade.

• They opposed any form of tariffs.

• They favored high tariffs to protect U.S. manufactured goods.

• They had no particular stance on tariffs.

Why did the Northeast oppose the sale of cheap public land?

• To support the expansion of slavery.

• To encourage westward migration.

• To discourage westward migration and keep the labor force in factories.

• To increase the cost of living in the Northeast.

What was the Southern view on internal improvements and infrastructure?

• They supported it to reduce tariffs.

• They were against it to avoid large government expenditures.

• They favored it to improve the cotton industry.

• They had no particular view on this matter.

According to the document, what invention increased the production of cotton leading to an increase in slave labor?

• The steam engine

• The telegraph

• The cotton gin by Eli Whitney

• The mechanical reaper