U8 - Civil War Exam

According to this chart, what advantage does the North have over the South in the Civil War?

• The North has more cash crops.

• The North has larger states

• The North has more manufacturing (factories)

How would having more manufacturing (factories) be an advantage for the North?

• The North would be able to provide its armies with more food than the South

• The North could make more weapons, railroads, and other war materials than the South

• The North would be able to march at a faster pace than the South

Which of the following statements accurately describes the economies of the North and South?

• The North’s economy was based on factories while the South’s economy was based on plantations

• The North’s economy was based on plantations, while the South’s economy was based on factories.

• The North’s economy relied on slave labor, while the South’s economy did not.

How did the Missouri Compromise solve the problem of keeping the balance of power between free and slave states?

• Both Maine and Missouri became slave states

• Both Maine and Missouri became free states

• Maine became a free state and Missouri became a slave state

An additional piece of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 made it so that

• any new states added to our country would ONLY be free states.

• any states added to our country North of the 36’ 30” line of latitude would be a free state

• any new states added to our country would ONLY be slave states.

According to the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the Union as a free state?

• South Carolina

• Nebraska

• California

Which of the following ideas was NOT part of the compromise of 1850?

• Slavery is legal in D.C., but the slave trade is closed.

• Texas loses land, but is compensated $10 million.

• Slavery is abolished everywhere in the United States.

According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, how would Kansas and Nebraska deal with slavery?

• Both states would be slave states

• Both states would be free states

• The state of slavery would be decided by popular sovereignty (people voting)

According to the quote above from our Supreme Court Justices in 1857, Dred Scott, who was taken from a slave state to a free state should be considered

• A slave

• A paid employee

• A free man

Dred Scott, and his lawyers, believed he should be free based on the idea of…

• Once Free, Always Free

• Popular Sovereignty

• Democracy