Causes of the Civil War Review

What was the primary reason that slavery became more widespread in the South than in the North?

• The abolitionist movement was based in the North.

• The textile industry was controlled by southern merchants.

• Opposition to slavery by the Anglican Church was stronger in the North.

• Geographic factors contributed to the growth of the southern plantation system.

Information on the map supports the conclusion that congressional leaders in 1820 and 1821 wanted to

• maintain an equal number of free and slave states

• ban slavery west of the Mississippi River

• bring slavery to the Oregon Country

• open territories in the North to slavery

The map illustrates the impact on the United States of the

• Great Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• Dred Scott decision

• Emancipation Proclamation

Between 1820 and 1850, Southern lawmakers consistently opposed protective tariffs because these tariffs

• decreased trade between the states

• harmed American shipping

• increased the cost of imports

• weakened national security

Base your answer to the question on the statement below and on your knowledge of social studies. ...The whole military force of the State is at the service of a Mr. Suttle, a slaveholder from Virginia, to enable him to catch a man whom he calls his property; but not a soldier is offered to save a citizen of Massachusetts from being kidnapped! Is this what all these soldiers, all this training, have been for these seventy-nine years past [since the beginning of the American Revolution]? Have they been trained merely to rob Mexico and carry back fugitive slaves to their masters?... –Henry David Thoreau, Independence Day speech at Framingham, Massachusetts The author of this statement is expressing dissatisfaction with a provision included in the

• Treaty of Ghent (1815)

• Oregon Treaty of 1846

• Compromise of 1850

• Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

In the 1850s, the phrase “Bleeding Kansas” was used to describe clashes between

• proslavery and antislavery groups

• Spanish landowners and new American settlers

• Chinese and Irish railroad workers

• Native American Indians and white settlers

The publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, contributed to the start of the Civil War by

• exposing the dangers of cotton manufacturing

• intensifying Northern dislike of slavery

• pressuring the president to support emancipation

• convincing Congress to ban the importation of slaves

Which term refers to the idea that settlers had the right to decide whether slavery would be legal in their territory?

• Nullification

• Sectionalism

• popular sovereignty

• southern secession

Speaker A: The political union created by the Constitution of the United States is not a temporary compact of the states but rather an unbreakable bond created by the people of the nation. Speaker B: The reserved powers are clearly indicated and protected in both the original Constitution and in the 10th amendment of the Bill of Rights. Speaker C: Liberty is best preserved in the hands of the government closest to the people. Union is desirable only if it preserves our liberty. Speaker D: Nullification! Secession! What miserable words—words that threaten the continuance of both our liberty and our Union. Which two speakers express the greatest support for the concept of States rights?

• A and B

• A and D

• B and C

• C and D

Speaker A: The political union created by the Constitution of the United States is not a temporary compact of the states but rather an unbreakable bond created by the people of the nation. Speaker B: The reserved powers are clearly indicated and protected in both the original Constitution and in the 10th amendment of the Bill of Rights. Speaker C: Liberty is best preserved in the hands of the government closest to the people. Union is desirable only if it preserves our liberty.
Speaker D: Nullification! Secession! What miserable words—words that threaten the continuance of both our liberty and our Union. Which two speakers express the greatest support for the concept of States rights?
The political opinions expressed in these statements relate most directly to the start of which war

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

• Mexican-American War

• Civil War