Question

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?

Answer 1

1. British goods were cheaper than Northern goods.