
Civil War Test Review
Authored by Shawna Williams
Social Studies
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the issue of slavery lead to the Civil War?
Every Northern citizen wanted slavery to end right away.
the North and South argued about slavery expanding to new territories.
The south made money in mining, and they argued that slavery should end.
Business men from the North bribed legislators in the South to end slavery which led to arguments.
None of these answers is correct
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did nullification lead to the Civil War?
Southern states said they could nullify tariffs and federal laws.
North States said they could nullify slavery
Northern States said South States could nullify laws.
Congress said that they could nullify laws for owning slaves.
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which two sides fought the Civil War?
East and West
North and East
North and South
West and South
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What problem did the Compromise of 1850 try to fix?
arguments over the election of Lincoln
anger over the balance of free and slave states
anger over taxes on the South's economy
fighting between the United States and Canada
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Dred Scott decision said that slaves and freed blacks were citizens of the United States.
True
False
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why did many people from the South vote against Abraham Lincoln for President?
Lincoln wanted to fight a war with Mexico
Lincoln planned to lower tariffs on many goods from Europe
They believed Lincoln wanted to put an end to slavery.
They thought he was stupid and would be a terrible leader.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How did the argument over states' rights lead to the Civil War?
States thought the federal government should do more to remove American Indians
It was an argument about how much power states and the federal government should have.
it was an arguments that the government should do more to stop building railroads in the South.
It was about stopping immigration from the South to the North.
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