Causes and Events of the Civil War- EXTRA CREDIT

What did many Southerners believe was necessary for their economy?

• Industrialization

• Free trade

• Slavery

• Immigration

What was the debate over states' rights primarily about?

• Taxation

• Slavery

• Education

• Transportation

What did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 allow?

• Missouri to enter as a free state

• Maine to enter as a slave state

• Missouri to enter as a slave state

• California to enter as a slave state

What did the Fugitive Slave Act require?

• The return of escaped enslaved people

• The freedom of all enslaved people

• The capture of escaped criminals

• The protection of free states

What was the main reason the Southern economy depended on slavery?

• The South was more industrialized

• Southern states relied on agriculture and cotton farming

• The North depended on enslaved labor

• The Fugitive Slave Act encouraged slavery

Who was elected president in 1860, leading to Southern secession?

• Jefferson Davis

• Stephen Douglas

• Abraham Lincoln

• Andrew Johnson

What marked the start of the Civil War?

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Dred Scott Decision

• The firing on Fort Sumter

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

Which event is NOT mentioned in the multiple-choice options?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• The Emancipation Proclamation

Which of the following is a possible answer to question 3?

• It led to the Civil War.

• It increased tensions between the North and the South.

• It was a peaceful resolution.

• It had no impact on the North-South relations.

Which event is associated with the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

• The Missouri Compromise

• The election of Abraham Lincoln

• Bleeding Kansas

• The Dred Scott decision