Unit 9

Question 1

What was one of the primary economic causes of the Civil War?

Answer 1

The difference in economic systems between the industrial North and the agrarian South.

Question 2

True or False: The issue of slavery was a central cause of the Civil War.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Fill in the blank: The _________ Act of 1850 aimed to address the issue of slavery in new territories.

Answer 3

Compromise

Question 4

What event is often cited as the immediate catalyst for the Civil War?

Answer 4

The election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860.

Question 5

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

Answer 5

South Carolina

Question 6

Multiple Choice: Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Civil War? A) States’ rights B) Economic differences C) Women’s suffrage

Answer 6

C) Women’s suffrage

Question 7

Short Answer: What was the role of the Missouri Compromise in the lead-up to the Civil War?

Answer 7

It attempted to balance the power between slave and free states.

Question 8

True or False: The Dred Scott decision intensified sectional tensions in the United States.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

What was the significance of the Underground Railroad?

Answer 9

It helped enslaved people escape to freedom, increasing tensions over slavery.

Question 10

Fill in the blank: The publication of ________ by Harriet Beecher Stowe galvanized anti-slavery sentiment.

Answer 10

Uncle Tom’s Cabin