Question

Which of the following is NOT true about the issues that led to civil war in the United States? A. Conflict arose between the northern and southern parts of the United States. B. The North was more advanced commercially and they were expanding industrially. C. The South wanted to abolish slavery in order to hire laborers to work the plantations. D. The South wanted new territories that were being admitted into the United States to be slave states.

Answer 1

Some of the major issues that led to the Civil War in the United States included A) conflict arose between the northern and southern parts of the United States, B) the North was more advanced commercially and they were expanding industrially, D) the South wanted new territories that were being admitted into the United States to be slave states. However, C) is not true because the South did not seek to abolish slavery but instead continue the institution of slavery.