Check Understanding: Causes of the Civil War

Main issue that divided the nation before the Civil War

• Economics

• Immigration

• States' Rights

• Slavery

Which event was the immediate cause of the secession of several Southern states from the Union in 1860?

• The Dred Scott decision by the U.S. Supreme Court
• The election of President Abraham LIncoln
• The enactment of the Missouri Compromise
• The raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry by John Brown

What were THREE sectional differences between the North and South that led up to the Civil War?

• Slavery

• Immigration policies

• economic differences

• different opinions on the power of state vs. federal government

• trade policies

A tariff is ___.

• a Civil War Sheriff

• a long battle or attack

• a tax on imports (goods from other countries)

Why did southerners strongly support slavery?

• because the economy depended on it

• because they feared slaves would turn violent if set free

• they believed slaves could not take care of themselves if set free

____ was the movement to end slavery in America.

• The Suffrage Movement

• The Abolition Movement

• The Emancipation Movement

• The Citizen's Rights Movement

Sort the differences to the correct region:

Groups:

(a) North

,

(b) South

,

(c) Both North and South

• 
• Political beleifs based on the Constitution

• 
• Supported high tariffs to protect manufacturing.

• 
• Supported "States' Rights"

• Supported low tariffs to keep manufactured goods cheeper.

• 
• Believed the Bibile sanctioned slavery.

• Supported Reform Movements

• 
• Supported a strong centeral government

What did America's economy depend on before the Civil War?

• Manufacturing

• Agriculture

• Slavery

• Indentured Servants

Northerners in Free States worried that slavery was (choose 2)...

• growing larger and more powerful.

• spreading into Western territories.

• not producing enough cotton.

• causing inflation.

Southerners feared that if the North gained power in Congress they would...

• Get the US involved in wars in Europe

• End Slavery

• Stop the Cotton Trade

• Impose higher taxes on the wealthy