Events Leading to the Civil War Test Review

A person fighting against slavery was known as _________.

• Abolitionist

• Plantation Owner

• Protester

• Soldier

Who was elected president in 1860, in turn causing some southern states to secede?

• Andrew Jackson

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

Which states benefited the most from the Cotton Gin?

• The northern states.

• The states that had the most factories.

• The southern states.

• The states along the western coast.

How did the Cotton Gin affect slavery?

• Plantation owners needed less slaves

• Plantation owners needed more slaves

• It didn't affect slavery

• Plantation owners no longer needed slaves

The economy of the South was primarily-

• industrialized

• agricultural

• factories

• tourism

Dred Scott went to court to gain his freedom. Which court ruled that African Americans were not citizens?

• Supreme Court

• Federal Court

• District Court

• High Court

Uncle Tom’s Cabin was an important book because -

• It was about the many reasons why the South should secede from the Union

• It allowed people to see slaves as real people and how they were treated with cruelty

• It talked about ways slaves could escape on the Underground Railroad

• It showed the differences between the North and the South

In 1850, the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Law which

• Allowed runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad to become free once in the Northern states

• Stated that slaves that escaped to the North must be returned to their owners and that anyone helping a runaway would be fined and imprisoned

• Southerners thought was not as strict as the original Fugitive Slave Law

• Allowed African Americans the right to vote

Which one of these was not a cause of the Civil War?

• Slavery

• States Rights

• Sectionalism

• The Election of Abraham Lincoln

• All of these were causes of the Civil War

The Kansas-Nebraska Act replaced the Missouri Compromise by saying

• The government would decide if the new state is a free state or slave state

• Any new state North of the Missouri Compromise would be free, and South would be a slave state

• Any new state can decide to be a free or slave state

• Only the North States could be slave states