Causes of the Civil War

Grade 11β€’45 minutes

Learning Objective

I can evaluate the historical legacy of the civil war.

Practice Questions

This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.

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1. Explain how the economic differences between the North and the South contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.

2. The video mentions the Missouri Compromise and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Compare and contrast these two pieces of legislation and explain how they affected the issue of slavery in the United States.

3. What was the Dred Scott decision, and why was it so controversial?

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causes of the civil war

Leah Schatzabel

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