Before the Civil War

What is the period of time before the U.S. Civil War called?

• Antebellum

• Anti-freedom

• The Separation

• Before War Time

Answer explanation

Antebellum comes from the Latin phrase "ante bellum" which means "before the war"

A state that had outlawed slavery before the Civil War was called a (blank) state.

What is the term used to describe cities getting bigger as a result of the Market Revolution and Immigration?

• Revolutionism

• Sectionalism

• Urbanization

• Ruralization

Answer explanation

What large state wanted to be added as a Free State which caused the need for the Compromise of 1850?

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons that the Market Revolution changed the U.S. economy?

• More Factories

• Less Workers

• New Inventions

• Bigger Cities

Answer explanation

The Market Revolution saw more people working in factories which were built in bigger cities. This caused those cities to get even bigger.

In exchange for the Free State added in the Compromise of 1850, what was signed into law?

• Farm and Home Act

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Fugitive Slave Act

• Adams-Onis Treaty

Answer explanation

The Fugitive Slave Act meant that escaped slaves could still be captured and brought back to slavery even in Free States.

More and more differences between the North and the South before the Civil War is known as...

• Sectionalism

• Interchange

• Differentiation

• Independence

What was the most important part of the Southern Economy?

• Trading

• Tourism

• Factories

• Farming

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

• Argument over Slavery

• New States being added

• States making Compromises

• The Market Revolution

What is the term for leaving or breaking away from the country?

• Secede

• Secrete

• Break Up

• Industrialism