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Causes of the Civil War
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Causes of the Civil War

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What did James Ford Rhodes assert was the single cause of the Civil War?

  • The violation of the basic American principle of equality
  • Economic differences between the South and the North
  • Racial injustices towards African Americans
  • Slavery (correct)

    • Who were some individuals who provided personal accounts of the horrors of slavery?

  • Fort Sumter soldiers
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • Frederick Douglass and Harriet A. Jacobs (correct)
  • Emerson and Thoreau

    • What did increasing numbers of Northerners view slaveholding as, according to the text?

  • A form of emancipation
  • A cultural tradition
  • A violation of the basic American principle of equality (correct)
  • An economic necessity

    • Where did Emerson's famous poem 'Concord Hymn' immortalize a bridge?

    <p>Concord, Massachusetts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Emerson warn would happen if slavery was not abolished?

    <p>The outbreak of a war</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Where did the conflict that led to the Civil War reach a fever pitch?

    <p>Fort Sumter</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Southerners want to preserve, according to the text?

    <p>The institution of slavery</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was James Ford Rhodes' view on the primary cause of the Civil War?

    <p>'Slavery'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Sometimes gunpowder smells good' was declared in relation to what event?

    <p>'Visiting Navy Yard'</p> Signup and view all the answers

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