Civil War Study Guide

Question 1

Write four statements to describe the south during Civil War

Answer 1

1) there were small towns and farms- rural way of life
2) more people work on Farms
3) happy about lowering tariffs on goods imported from other countries
4) slavery was allowed

Question 2

Write four statements to describe the north during the Civil War

Answer 2

1) there were larger cities and towns -urban way of life
2) people worked in factories
3) did not like lowering tariffs on goods imported from other countries
4) slavery was mostly outlawed

Question 3

What 3 statements describing the South point of view on slavery

Answer 3

1) slaves grew lots of crops such as cotton tobacco and rice
2) slavery was profitable to the economy
3) slaves were better off than factory workers

Question 4

Write three statements to discribe the north point of view on slavery

Answer 4

1) abolitionists believed it was wrong for one human to own another human
2) many slaves or mistreated
3) slaves did not have the same rights as a free white man

Question 5

List 3ways the slaves were mistreated

Answer 5

1) no choices
2) no control over who bought them
3) beaten or abused

Question 6

What were slave codes

Answer 6

Laws to control the behavior of slaves

Question 7

List three ways that salves resisted slavery

Answer 7

1) refused to obey or work
2) learned to read or write
3) worked slowly or pretended to be sick

Question 8

Write 2 similarities between the north and the south during the war

Answer 8

People live of farms

Experiencing sectionalism