Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

11th Grade

15 Qs

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Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

Assessment

Quiz

Created by

Danyel LaFear

History, Social Studies

11th Grade

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Southern states secede from the Union?

They believed Republicans like Abraham Lincoln would end slavery

They were opposed to the violence going on in the North

They wanted to move

They were offended by the institution of slavery

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This individual who conducted a raid on Harpers Ferry was called

James Buchanan

John Brown

Stephen Douglas

Dred Scott

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This law allowed the federal government to arrest anyone accused of being a runaway slave, even in the free territories

Ostend Manifesto

Wilmot Proviso

Fugitive Slave Act

Declaration of Sentiments

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that

slavery should be outlawed

Lincoln would be elected President

slaves were automatically free when in slave states

African Americans were not protected by the Constitution

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which act of Congress added a slave and free state and outlawed slavery in the new states North of 36"30' in the Louisiana Territory?

Anaconda Plan

Kansas Nebraska Act

Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A consequence of the Kansas Nebraska Act was

Dred Scott would sue for his freedom

John Brown and his men captured the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry

Gold was discovered in Nebraska

violence erupted between pro slavery and anti slavery factions

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A result of Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 election was that

Senators were beaten in Congress

border states like Kentucky and Maryland joined the Confederacy

President Buchanan would invade South Carolina

several states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America

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