Question 1. Why did the Southern states prefer to buy manufactured goods from Britain rather than from the Northern states here at home? Question 2. Why did Southern states fear the outlawing of slavery?

Question 3. What details explain how the Underground Railroad was able to be so successful in its fight against slavery?

Question 4. What is one similarity and one difference in the lifestyles of free African Americans in the North and slaves in the South?

Question 5. What was the underlying issue the Missouri Compromise was intended to address? Was it successful or not?

Question 6. Before the outbreak of the Civil War, how did President Lincoln balance his views on slavery and his goal for the nation?

Question 7. Why do you think Jefferson Davis thought it was important to capture Fort Sumter?

Question 8. How did differing goals among people in the United States lead to the Civil War?

Where did most Southerners live by the mid-1850s?

farms and small towns

In what region of the United States were most of the nation's cities located by the 1850s?

North

What was the North's point of view on slavery by the 1850s?

Most Northern states had outlawed slavery.

Describe slavery's role in the Southern economy.

Slavery was profitable

What were slaves doing when they resisted slavery?

fighting for their freedom

What is one way slaves resisted slavery?

holding back on work

What slave rebellion ended in the slaves being sent back to Africa?

Armistad rebellion

What means did Harriet Tubman and others use to help slaves reach freedom in the North?

Underground Railroad

Describe the lifestyle of free African Americans.

They lived in fear of losing their freedom

What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?

Northerners did not want more slave states than free states.

What led to violence in Kansas in 1854?

Northerners and Southerners disagreed over the results of the slavery vote.

Why were people outraged at the Supreme Court decision in the Dred Scott case?

The court said African Americans had no rights.

How did John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry affect the nation?

It further divided the North and the South.

How did Douglas and Lincoln feel about the issue of slavery?

Lincoln opposed slavery, but Douglas thought it had its place.

What is one reason Southerner states seceded from the Union?

They wanted to keep slavery.

What officially started the Civil War?

battle at Fort Sumter

What did the North hope to achieve by fighting in the Civil War?

an end to slavery

Why did the Southern states prefer to buy manufactured goods from Britain rather than from the Northern states here at home?

British goods were cheaper than Northern goods.

Why did Southern states fear the outlawing of slavery?

Slavery was profitable to the Southern economy. The goods an enslaved person produced brought in at least twice as much money as the cost of owning a slave.

What details explain how the Underground Railroad was able to be so successful in its fight against slavery?

The Underground Railroad was an organized, secret system. Both whites and African Americans helped slaves escape to the North or to Canada.

What is one similarity and one difference in the lifestyle of free African Americans in the North and slaves in the South?

Different: Many free African Americans in the North found jobs and bought property. Slaves were not paid for their work. Alike: Both slaves and free African Americans struggled for their freedom.

What was the underlying issue the Missouri Compromise was intended to address? Was it successful or not?

The Missouri Compromise was intended to address the issue of balance of power between free and slave states; it was successful for a while because it maintained the balance by allowing one free state and one slave state to join the Union at the same time.

Before the outbreak of the Civil War, how did President Lincoln balance his views on slavery and his goal for the nation?

Lincoln put his goal of keeping the nation united above his goal to end slavery. He announced that he did not want to split the country and that he did not want the North and the South to be enemies.

Why do you think Jefferson Davis thought it was important to capture Fort Sumter?

Jefferson Davis knew that the Northern forces would be a "powerful opposition" to the Confederacy. The Confederacy had already taken control of most forts and military property in South, but Fort Sumter was still under Union control and could be used as a threat.

How did differing goals among people in the United States lead to the Civil War?

People fought hoping to achieve different goals. In the Civil War some people were fighting to end slavery, some to preserve slavery, and some to preserve the Union.Explanation:

the answer is:

c. economic output