Causes of Civil War Quiz

Which of the following was not a known abolitionist?

• Frederick Douglass
• Sojourner Truth
• William Garrison
• Lyman Beecher

The North relied on manufacturing. The South relied on agriculture. They both had their own economic interests, and wanted the national government to be on their side. Which word names an effect of this?

• abolitionism
• nullification
• sectionalism
• intemperance 

Bleeding Kansas was a direct result of which of the following?

• Compromise of 1820
• Kansas-Nebraska Act
• 14th Amendment
• Seneca Falls Convention

Which Supreme Court case said that the federal government has the right to regulate trade between the states?

• Marbury v. Madison
• Gibbons v. Ogden
• Dred Scott v. Sanford
• Worcester v. Georgia

Who organized the Underground Railroad to help slaves escape from the south?

• Sojourner Truth
• Harriet Tubman
• Abigail Adams
• Frederick Douglas

Who was known as the "Great Compromiser" because he wanted to settle sectional conflicts through compromise .. Missouri and 1850 compromises for example?

• Henry Clay
• Daniel Webster
• Patrick Henry
• Haym Solomon

Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Walt Whitman
• Stephen Crane
• Laura Ingalls Wilder

Which title best completes the diagram?

• Key Events of the Civil War
• Causes of the Civil War
• Individual Rights during the Civil War
• The Nullification Crisis

How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin, by Harriett Beecher Stowe, promote the abolitionist movement?

• It encouraged the expansion of slavery
• It depicted the the brutality and inhumanity of slavery 
• It explained how the North wanted to buy slaves from southern plantation owners
• It forced Southern states to restrict the abuse of slaves

Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?

• The 36°30' line established by Missouri Compromise was extended
• Kansas entered Union as a slave state by popular sovereignty
• Fighting broke out between pro and anti-slavery groups in Kansas
• The Transcontinental Railroad would bypass Kansas and instead pass through Nebraska