Civil War Causes

Question 1

Immediate causes

Answer 1

Fort Sumter

The Union Question

Question 2

Fort Sumter

Answer 2

The first shots were fired at United States Fort Sumter in Charleston South Carolina

Question 3

The Union Question

Answer 3

Allow secession to keep the peace

Question 4

Moral Issue Explanation:

Statement

Answer 4

The crisis came because the sections disagreed about a moral question: Was slavery right or wrong?

Question 5

Moral Issue Explanation:

Criticism

Answer 5

Most Northern voters did not oppose slavery on moral grounds

Question 6

Constitutional Issue Explanation:

Statement

Answer 6

The crisis came because the sections disagreed about a constitutional question: Does a state have the constitutional right to secede?

Question 7

Constitutional Issue Explanation:

Criticism

Answer 7

Fails to explain why the south acted on its belief that there was right to secede

Question 8

Economic Explanation:

Statement

Answer 8

The economic differences of the north and south were so great that is was impossible for them to remain together

Question 9

Economic Explanation:

Criticism

Answer 9

Regions with economic differences can stay together

Question 10

Cultural Explanation:

Statement

Answer 10

The cultural difference of the north and south were so great it was impossible for them to remain together

Question 11

Cultural Explanation:

Criticism

Answer 11

Crisis and war were unavoidable

Question 12

Emotions versus Reality:

Statement

Answer 12

Emotions clouded perceptions in the south and north. Each region saw a false image of the other as the enemy

Question 13

Emotions versus Reality:

Criticism

Answer 13

Emotions commonly distort reality perceptions, this does not necessarily bring violence

Question 14

The Slavery Factory:

Statement

Answer 14

Abe Lincoln: “all know that slavery was somehow the cause of the war”

Question 15

The Slavery Factor:

Criticism

Answer 15

The explanation is inexact