Causes of the Civil War

The economy of this are area is mainly agricultural - farming.

• The South

• The North

Who led the raid on Harpers Ferry trying to start a slave rebellion?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

Who benefited most from the use of slavery throughout the South?

• factor workers

• subsistence farmers

• indentured servants

• plantation owners

Which statement best summarizes the influence of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slaves.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slavery.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Southerners against slavery.

• The book’s shocking and emotional details turned many Northerners against slaves.

Why was the raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859 significant in the road to the Civil War?

(Choose 2)

• The raid further divided the North and South.

• The South showed their willingness to go to war to protect slavery.

• Slaves now had weapons to help them fight for their freedom.

• Abolitionists showed their willingness to use force to end slavery.

The north also had some areas that were rich in agriculture, such as dairy farms.

• True

• False

The north wanted all states admitted into the Union to be slave states

• True

• False

The south wanted all states admitted into the Union to be slave states

• True

• False

How did the North and the South differ on their views regarding slavery?

• The south believed they could do without slavery, but did not know how to do it. The north thought slavery was wrong for moral reasons.

• The north believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the south believed they needed slavery for their economy

• The south believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the north believed they needed slavery for their economy.

• The both thought the same thing, slavery was not good, but necessary.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 received the most support from Southern plantation owners?

• the use of popular sovereignty to determine the issue of slavery in new territories

• the admission of California to the Union as a free state

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

• the passage of a strict fugitive slave law