Unit 5 LP 1 - Causes of the Civil War

Why did many Southerners oppose Abraham Lincoln in the 1860 presidential election? Select all that apply. (Two)

• Lincoln planned to lower tariffs on many European goods.

• Lincoln wanted to halt the spread of slavery in the country.

• They thought his victory would threaten the Southern economy.

• They thought electing him would harm US trade with South America.

• Lincoln supported going to war with Mexico after Texas was annexed.

How did the Nullification Crisis and its resolution foreshadow the Civil War?

• South Carolina challenged federal authority over the states by declaring a federal tariff void, but the president and Congress maintained that federal authority was supreme.

• South Carolina defied an international trade agreement negotiated by the president, so the president used the military to force the state government to abide by the agreement.

• After South Carolina prohibited citizens from capturing or transporting escaped slaves, the president ordered the military to seek out and capture escaped slaves living in the state.

• After South Carolina illegally signed a treaty with Spain without Senate approval, the federal government declared martial law in the state until a new state government was elected.

The adoption of the Georgia Platform helped delay the Civil War by accepting the Compromise of 1850. What was one reason the state adopted the Georgia Platform?

• The state wanted federal troops to help force American Indians off of their traditional homelands in Georgia.

• The federal government promised to raise tariffs on European goods to protect Georgia's industrial economy.

• The federal government promised to limit immigration to help unemployed men and women in the South find work.

• The state supported the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act that banned northern states from protecting escaped slaves.

What were TWO goals on which Abraham Lincoln based his 1860 presidential campaign?

• keep the Union intact

• raise taxes on the rich

• end government corruption

• nationalize major industries

• prevent the spread of slavery

The Supreme Court's 1857 decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford was one of its most unpopular. Just eleven years after it was issued, the decision was effectively overturned by the Fourteenth Amendment. What did the Court conclude in the case of Dred Scott v. Sandford ?

• Slavery could not be abolished by amending the US Constitution.

• Children of freed slaves were the property of the original slaveholder.

• Neither free nor enslaved African Americans could become US citizens.

• Slaves could only buy their freedom with money they earned themselves.

Select the correct word or phrase to complete the statement. The variety of candidates that had at least some measure of support in the lead-up to the 1860 presidential election reflected the sectional turmoil in the United States over the issue of ___________

• territorial expansion

• temperance

• urban development

• slavery

How did the government of Georgia help delay the outbreak of the Civil War?

• by accepting the election of President Abraham Lincoln in 1860 and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by approving the Compromise of 1850 through the Georgia Platform and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by approving the Kansas-Nebraska Act through the Georgia Platform and convincing other Southern states to do the same

• by accepting the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case and convincing other Southern states to do the same

Which of the following actions was the immediate cause of the Civil War?

• secession over border disputes

• secession over international tariffs

• secession over the issue of slavery

• secession over the Missouri Compromise

Read the statement and answer the question.

The real issue at hand is states' rights. The federal government does not have the power to tell us what we can and cannot do; our voices should matter too

Who would MOST LIKELY have made this statement in the mid-1800s? Why?

• a Southern plantation owner, because plantation owners were worried that the federal government was trying to outlaw slavery

• a Northern abolitionist, because abolitionists believed that the federal government should do more to halt the spread of slavery

• a Southern miner, because miners believed that the federal government should do more to remove American Indians from land that contained valuable minerals

• a Northern factory owner, because factory owners were concerned that the federal government would allow states to impose taxes on goods from other states