Causes of the Civil War

The economy of this area is mainly industrialization - factories and manufacturing.

• The South

• The North

The economy of this area is mainly agricultural - farming.

• The South

• The North

Who wrote the book Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Brown

• Harriet Beecher Stowe

• Abraham Lincoln

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.

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

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

• Missouri Compromise
• Fugitive Slave Act
• Kansas Nebraska Act
• Dred Scott Case