Causes of Civil War Quiz #1

Which of the following statements is true?

• The North and South both hated slavery

• The North wanted slavery and the South hated slavery

• The North and South both wanted slavery

• The North hated slavery and the South wanted slavery

What was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

• Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state

• Missouri became a free state and Maine a slave state

• Missouri and Maine both became free states

• Maine and Missouri both became slave states

Who thought slavery was wrong?

• Free-Soilers

• Abolitionists

• Southern plantation owners

• nobody

True or False - Southern slave owners supported the end of slavery?

• true

• false

What penalized citizens for helping runaway slaves?

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Compromise of 1850

• Missouri Compromise

• Declaration of Independence

What issue made the balance of states, meaning having the same amount of free and slave states, important?

• slavery

• women rights

• federalism

• compromise

The Compromise of 1850 allowed which two territories to determine their laws on slavery?

• Utah and New Mexico

• New Mexico and Oregon

• Minnesota and Utah

• Maine and Missouri

What was the primary cause of the Civil War?

• slavery

• womens rights

• education

• Constitution

Which of the following states had the highest percentage of slaves making up their population?

• missouri

• kentucky

• alabama

• texas

Which of the following states had the highest percentage of slaves making up their population?

• virginia

• tennessee

• georgia

• florida