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Worksheets(7.4) Causes of the Civil War
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.
Sectionalism
Localism
Partiality
Provincialism
Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor
North
South
West
Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery
North
South
West
Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves
Fugitive Immigrant Law
Runaway Slave Clause
Fugitive Slave Law
Property Abandonment Clause
Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay Treaty
Lincoln Agreement
When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?
Southern slave states
The balance of power in Congress
Northern Free States
Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies
How did tariffs on imports play a role in dividing the north and south?
North wanted tariffs to protect American industry and the south opposed tariffs on their farm goods
South wanted tariffs to keep away European food imports and the north opposed on their raw materials
Which is an example of SECTIONALISM?
People from the North and South flying American flags.
People from the North and West opposing slavery.
Industries in the North supported tariffs and Southerns opposed them.
People in the West voting on whether or not to permit slavery in their state.
As the United States fulfilled Manifest Destiny, expanding from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean, what issue divided the nation?
Slavery expansion
Agricultural expansion
As the south continued to argue for the necessity of slavery, who spoke of slavery as, “not an evil, but a positive good?”
Abraham Lincoln
John C. Calhoun
Stephen Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
What threatened the balance of power between slave-holding and free- states?
Tariffs
Federalism
New territories in the west applying for statehood
Missouri Compromise
1. The North and South’s goals and desires became more and more separated as the North’s economy flourished and the South’s began to stall led to the rise of sectionalism.
What was the main cause of the economic differences between North and South?
Mercantilism
Tariff system
Regional geography
Both Tariffs and regional geography
Which of the following were peaceful attempts to a solution for the pro & anti-slavery debates?
Popular Sovereignty
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
All of the above
