Causes and Course of the Civil War review

What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

• It banned slavery in all new states

• It allowed Missouri to enter as a slave state and Maine as a free state

• It allowed California to enter as a free state

• It declared slavery illegal in all Southern states

What did Southern states believe about states' rights?

• The federal government should decide all laws for the states

• Individual states had the right to reject federal laws they disagreed with

• Only the president could make decisions for states

• States had no power to challenge the government

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 do?

• It banned slavery in all U.S. territories

• It allowed territories to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery

• It admitted Kansas as a free state and Nebraska as a slave state

• It ended the Fugitive Slave Law

What was the primary economic difference between the North and the South before the Civil War?

• The North was based on agriculture, while the South was industrial

• The North was industrial, while the South was based on agriculture

• Both were heavily industrialized

• Both relied on agriculture for income

Which issue was at the heart of the conflict between the North and South leading up to the Civil War?

• Women's rights

• Immigration

• Slavery

• Trade policies with Europe

Which state was the first to secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected?

• Virginia

• Georgia

• Texas

• South Carolina

What was the name of the new nation formed by Southern states that seceded?

• The Union

• The Confederate States of America

• The United States of America

• The Southern Republic

Why did Southern states support slavery?

• It was the basis of their agricultural economy

• They needed more workers for factories

• They wanted to increase the number of free states

• They had no interest in economic growth

Which event is considered the final trigger for the start of the Civil War?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860

• The Compromise of 1850

• The Dred Scott decision

What was the goal of abolitionists in the 1800s?

• To expand slavery to new territories

• To end slavery in the United States

• To support Southern secession

• To increase the power of state governments