Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

5th Grade Social Studies

Multiple Choice

The disagreement between the Northern states and the Southern states over slavery led to the secession (states deciding to pull out of the United States and become their own government).

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The secession ( states seceeding from the union of the United States and becoming their own union) was a cause of the civil war.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Missouri Compromise made Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state in an attempt to keep the number of slave states and free states equal.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Compromise of 1850 led to

• many slaves being captured and taken back to their owners

• many free black people being captured and put into slavery against their will

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People rushed to Nebraska and Kansas so they could

Multiple Choice

Uncle Tom's Cabin was a book written about

• how slaves were treated fairly

• how harsh slavery was in the South

• how slaves were running away

• how nice it was to live in the North

Multiple Choice

The people in the South loved the book Uncle Tom's Cabin

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

In the Dred Scott Decision the Supreme Court decided that no one with African American blood could be

• a land owner

• an American citizen

Multiple Choice

John Brown was an abolishinist. This means he fought to

• keep slavery in the United States

• abolish or to away with slavery in the United States

Multiple Choice

The confederate states wanted control of Fort Sumter. The attack on Fort Sumter was the official start of the Civil War.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The raid on Harper's Ferry and the growing Abolitionist movement showed that the issue of slavery was only growing worse.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Because the South and North was divided on slavery and the Northen states were free states it became important that slaves wanting to escape slavery in the South find a way to the North where they could be free. Harriet Tubman and others helped make this happen through the Underground Railroad.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Abraham Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery completely

• True

• False