Causes of the civil war

Question 1

When was the American civil war?

Answer 1

186-1865

Question 2

What were the 3 main causes of the American civil war ?

Answer 2

Slavery, states vs rights, economic reasons

Question 3

What was the main difference between the North and South?

Answer 3

North wanted to abolish slavery
South wanted to expand slavery

Question 4

What development made the south want slavery to expand?

Answer 4

Cotton gin engine

Question 5

How did the north try oppose slavery?

Answer 5

Anti slavery society with 250,000 members

Question 6

When was the Kansas Nebraska Act?

Answer 6

1854

Question 7

Why was the Kansas Nebraska act important?

Answer 7

It overturned Missouri compromise and formed Kansas and Nebraska territories which led to later violence

Question 8

Which president supported slavery spreading (1856)

Answer 8

James Buchanan

Question 9

Which decision made it worse for slaves?

Answer 9

Dred Scott decision, saying enslaved people were not US citizens but also property

Question 10

How did differing views lead to violence?

Answer 10

“Bleeding Kansas” 1860. Arguing over Kansas being a slave state.

Question 11

What was the main division that lead to civil war?

Answer 11

Pro v anti slavery

Question 12

How many people died in Bleeding Kansas ?

Answer 12

200

Question 13

What was the attack on Fort Sumter?

Answer 13

Confederates attacked the union soldiers in Fort

Question 14

Why did they attack Fort Sumter?

Answer 14

Lincoln said the south were not allowed to leave the union, so they attacked the fort

Question 15

What other reason caused division?

Answer 15

The states right to self govern

Question 16

What political compromise was over slavery?

Answer 16

Chay Compromise

Question 17

Which president provoked the civil war?

Answer 17

Abraham Lincoln when he was elected in 1860

Question 18

Why did Lincoln have an effect on slavery

Answer 18

As he was against it and wanted to get rid of it, however others were not keen to

Question 19

How did some states react to Lincoln’s view on slavery?

Answer 19

Seven states left the union and formed the confederacy

Question 20

How did the confederacy cause civil war?

Answer 20

Led to a split between the states who seceeded and the union