Causes of the Civil War

Did Southerners in 1860 support Lincoln for President?

• Yes

• No

What was the main Cash Crop of the South?

• wheat
• sugar cane
• corn
• cotton

Match which label applies to the North and South

a

b

c

Factories & Industry

Rural Farming, plantations

Slavery

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Uncle Tom's Cabin

,

(b) Dred Scott Decision

• African Americans were not citizens

• Supreme Court ruling

• Described horrors of slavery

• Written by abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Kansas-Nebraska Act

,

(b) Bleeding Kansas

• Violence between pro-slavery and abolitionists

• Popular sovereignty

What did the Fugitive Slave act do?

• Required Northers to return slaves that belonged to the south

• Help the slaves be free

• Helped the U.S be free

• George Washington helped the slaves

In the Dred Scott Decision,

• The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property, not citizens

• The Supreme Court ruled that any person born in the US is a citizen

• The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are only slaves if they live in the South

Which political party was established in 1854 as an anti-slavery party?

• Republican

• Federalist

• Democrat

• Whig

Which compromise banned slavery above the southern border of Missouri?

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

Answer explanation

Missouri Compromise was needed to keep the balance of slave and free states in the United States Senate.

How did the debate over slavery impact the American political parties in the mid-1850s?

• The debate over slavery caused a decrease in voter turnout.

• slavery led to increased economic prosperity.

• debate over slavery caused a rise in immigration.

• new political parties formed around the issue of slavery.

Answer explanation

Two political parties got started around this time, the Free-Soil Party was made up of people who opposed slavery. The Republican Party formed around the same issue a little bit later. Only the Republican Party remains today.