4.2 Test (CST): Wrap-Up: Growth and Division of the United States
uestion 1 of 20
hich statement best describes why the South supported the spread of
avery while the North and West did not?
A. The North had never accepted slavery as the South had to gain
wealth, and northerners were the majority of people moving west,
taking with them their ideas on slavery.
B. The North and West believed that the spread of slavery would be
an economic disadvantage to them, while the South saw the
spread of slavery as an economic boom.
C. The North had seldom agreed with the South on any issue since
the formation of the nation and did not want to support any cause
being advanced by the South.
D. The North and West understood that a lifestyle based on enslaving
others was difficult to maintain, while the South did not have such
feelings.