Causes of the Civil War

1.

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The South wanted new territories to ban slavery and become free states.

True

False

2.

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The Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed settlers in the new territories to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery.

True

False

3.

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Another name for the United States is

Congress

Union

Abolition

Confederacy

4.

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Slavery became a source of conflict between different groups in the South.

True

False

5.

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Which of the following states seceded from the union after President Lincoln was elected?

Kentucky

New York

South Carolina

Virginia

6.

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What did Abraham Lincoln believe about slavery?

All states should have slavery.

Slavery should spread to new territories.

Only the North should have slavery.

Slavery was morally and socially wrong.

7.

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What did Abraham Lincoln mean when he said, "A house divided against itself cannot stand"?

He meant that the Union should choose slavery and bind together.

He meant that his childhood home in Kentucky broke apart.

He meant that the territories all needed to become states quickly.

He meant that the country could not go on forever divided by slavery.

8.

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What did some abolitionists try to do to end slavery?

They sent enslaved people food.

They rode on the Underground Railroad.

They formed their own towns.

They wrote antislavery pamphlets and spoke out against slavery across the country.

9.

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How did the North's economy differ from the South's economy? (Select all the correct answers.)

The North's economy was an industrial economy and the

The South grew mainly cotton and the North used the cotton to make fabric.

The North used slaves for free labor and the South hired and paid their workers.

The South had many factories to make goods.

10.

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Why were tariffs good for the North?

Tariffs made imported goods more expensive than local goods.

Tariffs were lower in the North than the South

Tariffs made local goods more expensive than imported goods.

Tariffs made imported goods easier to buy in the North.

11.

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Why did the South believe in state's rights? (Select all the correct answers.)

The South believed that the federal government had too much power.

The Southern states wanted to keep slavery legal state by state.

The Southern states wanted to decide on their own laws.

The Southern states wanted to have government decisions for the whole country made by one state.

12.

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Why was slavery so important to many people in the South?

Factory owners wanted enslaved people to build machines.

Southern farmers wanted more enslaved people to produce cotton.

Businesses wanted enslaved people to build factories.

The government wanted enslaved people to pay tariffs.

13.

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A civil war is

a war between two groups or regions of a nation

a war fought on one continent

a war for civilized nations

a war between two neighboring countries

14.

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Congress made a law to abolish slavery call the Fugitive Slave Law.

True

False

15.

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President Lincoln was determined to keep the Union together. What did he refused to surrender?

Fort McKinley

Fort Sumter

Fort Hendersonville

Fort Charleston

16.

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Loyalty to one part of the country is

sectionalism

federalism

secession

agricultural

17.

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Abraham Lincoln won the presidency in 1860 for the Confederate Party.

True

False

18.

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The states that seceded from the Union formed the ______________.

Southern Territories

Confederacy

United States

Rebellion

19.

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The Civil War began when congress tried to remain neutral with the slavery issue.

True

False

20.

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Which of the following is true about the antislavery movement?

Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglas were leaders of the movement.

The South helped in the antislavery movement.

The Underground Railroad helped slaves escape to freedom.

Free African Americans worked in the abolitionist movement.