Causes of the Civil War

T or F? The spread of slavery was the main cause of the Civil War.

• true

• false

T or F? Sectionalism and state's rights were also a cause of the Civil War.

• true

• false

This political cartoon shows which of the following?

• The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

• The Missouri Compromise

• The Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Compromise of 1850

Which section of the U.S. had long growing seasons, large plantations owned by the wealthy, less cities, and the use of enslaved labor to harvest cash crops like cotton?

• north

• south

• west

Name one problem that led to the Civil War.​ (a)  

• Slavery

• Land Acquisitions

• Territories

Answer explanation

Many consider a significant starting point to slavery in America to be 1619, when the privateer The White Lion brought 20 enslaved African ashore in the British colony of Jamestown, Virginia. The crew had seized the Africans from the Portuguese slave ship Sao Jao Bautista.

You have the feeling of ​ (a)   if you feel that your region of the country is more important than the country as a whole.​

• sectionalism

• secession

The Fugitive Slave Act was part of the

​ (a)   and caused many Northerners to ​ (b)   .

• Compromise of 1850

• join the abolition movement

• Missouri Compromise

• Nullification Crisis

• cooperate with Southern slave owners

• run for Congress

Who said this? "In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. 'A house divided against itself cannot stand.' I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved; I do not expect the house to fall; but I do expect it will cease to be divided." Only write the last name and spell it correctly.

The Fugitive Slave Act meant...

• Enslaved people who ran away were not safe in the U.S.

• Anyone helping a fugitive slave (a run-away enslaved person) would be accused of a crime.

• Was added to the Compromise of 1850 to make the South happy.

• All of the choices are correct.

What is the name of the compromise that was written in 1820 that said slavery would not spread north of the 36°30′ parallel except for this state? (You have to spell it correctly.)