Which statement best describes the effect of the Compromise of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska Act on the United States before the Civil War? a. Economic competition increased between the North and the South b. Westward expansion gave abolitionist groups less political power. c. New states opened larger markets for manufactured goods produced by slaves. d. Disputes about the status of slavery in new states fueled conflicts between the North and the South.

Which of the following statements about the economic consequences of the civil war is not accurate. a. inflation caused prices to rise by 80% in the north. b. because southern farms cannot process enough food for everyone in the south the union navy allowed food shipments from britain. c. to pay for all of the food supplies and arrangements that were necessary for the union army congress instituted an income tax. d. business boomed in the north as factories and farms always had a market for their products.