Formative Assessment 2: MCQ

Which of the following was NOT a major cause of the Civil War?

• A. Slavery

• B. Sectionalism

• C. States’ Rights

• D. Industrialization

What is sectionalism?

• Loyalty to the federal government

• Strong devotion to the local interests of a region

• A movement to end slavery

• A tax on imported goods

What was the South’s view on slavery?

• It was morally wrong

• It was necessary for economic success

• It should be abolished

• It was unconstitutional

What was the North’s view on slavery?

• It was necessary for farming

• It should be expanded

• It was evil and unconstitutional

• It should be decided by each state

What does “abolition” mean?

• Supporting slavery

• Ending slavery

• Expanding slavery

• Ignoring slavery

What are states’ rights?

• The belief that the federal government should control all decisions

• The belief that each state should have the right to make its own laws

• The right to vote in federal elections

• The right to own land

What are tariffs?

• Taxes on imported goods

• Laws about slavery

• Voting rights

• Military drafts

Why did the North support tariffs?

• They wanted cheaper British goods

• They wanted to protect their factories from foreign competition

• They wanted to help the South

• They didn’t support tariffs

Why did the South oppose tariffs?

• They made it more expensive to trade with Britain

• They helped Southern plantations

• They lowered crop prices

• They increased slavery

When did the South secede?

• At the end of the war

• After Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860

• Before the disagreement ever began with the North

• Before Abraham Lincoln won the Election of 1860