Civil War Causes

Which of the following would not describe the North during the time of the civil war?

• The economy of the North was agrarian based on cash crops.
• Natural Harbors and lumber led to shipbuilding
• Rocky soil and short growing season
• Immigrants came to work in factories

In what way were the North and South alike.

• Both had temperate climates that produced cash crops.
• Rivers were abundant and used to support their economy.
• Both employed a or used "free labor" system
• Education was a priority for all social classes

Plantations and Small farms, slave labor, "King Cotton", fertile soil are examples of the geographic and economic factors of this region

• North
• South

Eli Whitney invented which tool to help fuel the south's dependence on slaves?

• shovel
• steam engine
• cotton gin
• cotton picker

This abolitionist published The Liberator that spoke about anti-slavery and advocated ending the practice. They also formed the American Anti-Slavery Society.

• Fredrick Douglass
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Sojourner Truth

Abolitionist who escaped slavery. They traveled to England to avoid the Fugitive Slave Act. They published an autobiography and published the paper The North Star.

• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Fredrick Douglass

Abolitionist who was born a slave. This abolitionist was the first African American to gain recognition as a speak of slavery and women's rights.

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth
• Abigail Adams

Author of the book Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book was banned in the South due to negative stereotypes of all Southerners.

• Harriet Tubman
• Sojourner Truth
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Beecher Stowe

Abolitionist who was a famous conductor on the Underground railroad, spy, and nurse. Known as Moses for leading slaves to freedom.

• Harriet Tubman
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• John Brown
• Fredrick Douglass

Abolitionist who participated in Violence to bring slavery an end. Led an attack on Harper's Ferry Virginia in order to capture guns and start a slave revolt.

• John Brown
• Fredrick Douglass
• William Lloyd Garrison
• Harriet Tubman