Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

Multiple Choice

What was the nickname for the Union in the North during the Civil War?

• Yankees

• Rebels

• Allies

• Axis

Multiple Choice

What was the nickname for the Confederacy in the South during the Civil War?

• Yankees

• Rebels

• Allies

• Axis

Multiple Choice

How many American lives were lost during the Civil War?

• 600,000

• 180,000

• 365,000

• 510,000

Multiple Choice

What word was not used in the Constitution, out of fear that the South would not join the new government?

• Slave

• Taxes

• Government

• Military

Multiple Choice

What mandated that slaves would be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of representation in government?

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Missouri Compromise

• The Great Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

Multiple Choice

What excluded slavery from the area north of the Ohio River known as the Northwest territory?

• Northwest Ordnance of 1787

• Missouri Compromise

• Compromise of 1850

• The Great Compromise

Multiple Choice

In 1820, what admitted Maine as a free state to balance Missouri being added as a slave state?

• Missouri Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Compromise of 1820

• The Great Compromise

Multiple Choice

What is an import tax on goods coming into the country?

• Tariff

• Levy

• Poll

• Duty

Multiple Choice

Who forged the Compromise of 1850?

• Stephen Douglas

• Henry Clay

• John Calhoun

• Abraham Lincoln

Multiple Choice

When did the Civil War begin?

• 1861

• 1855

• 1873

• 1849

What caused the Civil War?