What was a key economic difference between the North and South in 1860 America?

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The North relied on agriculture, while the South was industrialized.
The North was industrialized and urban, while the South relied on agriculture and slavery.
Both the North and South were equally industrialized.
The South was urban and industrialized, while the North relied on agriculture.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
To allow states to decide on slavery through popular sovereignty.
To maintain the balance between free and slave states by admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
To admit Missouri as a free state and Maine as a slave state.
To abolish slavery in all states.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision?
It declared that African-Americans could be US citizens.
It abolished slavery in all US territories.
It allowed Congress to prohibit slavery in US territories.
It stated that African-Americans, whether enslaved or free, could not be US citizens and Congress had no power to prohibit slavery in US territories.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main focus of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
To distribute arms to enslaved people and abolitionist allies.
To support the Confederate cause.
To establish a new government.
To negotiate peace between the North and South.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which act allowed settlers to decide on the issue of slavery in their territories?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
The Fugitive Slave Act
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who won the 1860 presidential election?
John Bell
John C. Breckenridge
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A. Douglas
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the immediate consequence of Lincoln's election in 1860?
The abolition of slavery in all states.
The secession of South Carolina from the Union.
The start of the Civil War.
The formation of the Republican Party.
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