Exploring the Causes of the Civil War

What is used as a metaphor to explain the concept of inevitable breakage?

• A wooden chair

• A reusable grocery bag

• A plastic bottle

• A glass vase

In what year did the Civil War begin?

• 1845

• 1850

• 1871

• 1861

What was a major economic activity in the South before the Civil War?

• Banking

• Cash crops

• Manufacturing

• Technology

Who provided labor in the Southern states?

• Enslaved people

• Foreign investors

• Paid workers

• Volunteers

What did the North want in terms of new states?

• Agricultural states

• Slave states

• Free states

• Industrial states

What was a key difference in labor between the North and South?

• The North used paid immigrants

• The North relied on machine labor

• The South had more skilled labor

• The South used primarily volunteer labor

What was the Underground Railroad?

• An underground tunnel for slaves

• A transportation system

• A secret network aiding escape to freedom

• A railway for goods transport

What was the main reason for the tension that led to the Civil War?

• Differences in lifestyle and beliefs

• Political power struggles

• Territorial disputes

• Economic policies

What year did Abraham Lincoln get elected, leading to Southern secession?

• 1860

• 1859

• 1862

• 1861

What did the Southern states form upon seceding from the Union?

• The Confederate States of America

• The Southern Union

• The United Southern States

• The Independent States of America