Causes of the Civil War Quiz Review

Showing loyalty to a certain region or section rather than the whole country is known as:

• secession

• popular sovereignty

• abolitionist

• sectionalism

The idea that voters in a new territory would decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery in the territory is called

• popular sovereignty

• abolitionist

• sectionalism

• confederacy

What were 2 major causes of the Civil War? CHOOSE 2!

• Slavery

• State's Rights

• Sectionalism

• Tariffs

A person who wants to end slavery is a/an

• abolitionist

• confederate

• monarch

• sharecropper

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beacher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Who filed a lawsuit claiming that they were free since they had lived in a free territory?

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beacher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Who was executed for treason after leading a failed raid at Harper's Ferry?

• Harriet Tubman

• Harriet Beacher Stowe

• Dred Scott

• John Brown

Supporters of popular sovereignty argued that residents of individual states should

• support slavery.

• vote to determine whether or not to allow slavery.

• only allow white men to vote.

• be responsible for themselves.

Passage of the Kansas- Nebraska Act led to

• a rush of settlers to Kansas to vote.

• strengthening of the Missouri Compromise.

• both Kansas and Nebraska entering as free states.

• the outlawing of slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska.

In the early 1800s, many Southerners wanted to maintain a balance between free and slave states because they wanted to

• prevent Congress from outlawing slavery.

• promote industrialization.

• prevent enslaved people from escaping.

• prevent tariffs from getting too high.