Causes of Civil War Tissues

Why did the South argue they needed slaves?

• They had many factories for slaves to work in.

• They felt they were needed because of agriculture.

• They did not have people to hunt animals.

• They needed more people in government.

Congress argued over which territories would have _______.

• Representation in Congress.

• Factories

• Plantations

• Slavery

How did the North and the South differ on their views regarding slavery?

• The south believed they could do without slavery, but did not know how to do it. The north thought slavery was wrong for moral reasons.

• The north believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the south believed they needed slavery for their economy

• The south believed slavery was wrong for moral reasons, and the north believed they needed slavery for their economy.

• The both thought the same thing, slavery was not good, but necessary.

Which term best describes why the economies of the North and South were different from each other?

• specialization

• sectionalism

• state’s rights

• interdependence

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.​ (a)  

• Slavery

• Land Acquisitions

• Territories

Answer explanation

Many consider a significant starting point to slavery in America to be 1619, when the privateer The White Lion brought 20 enslaved African ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The crew had seized the Africans from the Portuguese slave ship Sao Jao Bautista.

Which describes WHY the ways of life in the North and South were so different? (hint: remember your science weather terms!)

• weather

• soil quality

• hills/mountains

• climate

What is the term that means "to withdraw from the union"?

• succeed

• secede

• engage

• respond

What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?

• Losing their land

• Losing slavery

• Losing their families

• Losing their crops

Which 2 happened because of the raid on Harper's Ferry?

• Ammunition was only stored on Army bases.

• The North and South were divided further.

• It showed that people were willing to fight for the end of slavery.

• Many plantation owners freed their slaves.

What was formed by the states which seceded from the Union?

• Confederacy

• Texas

• Conspiracy

• Unification