Causes of the Civil War Quiz

What event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

• The firing on Fort Sumter

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Battle of Gettysburg

• The Emancipation Proclamation

What is considered the main cause of the Civil War according to most historians today?

• Territorial expansion

• States' rights

• Slavery

• Economic differences

Which state was the first to secede from the Union?

• Texas

• Virginia

• Mississippi

• South Carolina

What did the Missouri Compromise aim to do?

• Ban slavery in new territories

• Grant Missouri statehood

• Divide territories into free and slave states

• Abolish slavery

What was the stance of the South regarding states' rights?

• Neutral on states' rights

• Favored states' rights

• Opposed states' rights

• Favored a strong central government

What did the Compromise of 1850 include?

• Texas secession

• Missouri as a slave state

• California as a free state

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

• A law that freed all slaves

• A law that banned slavery in the north

• A law that required the return of runaway slaves

• A law that allowed slaves to vote

Who was Frederick Douglass?

• A Confederate general

• The author of the Missouri Compromise

• A president of the United States

• An abolitionist and former slave

What was Uncle Tom's Cabin?

• A law passed by Congress

• A landmark Supreme Court case

• A novel that exposed the realities of slavery

• A speech by Abraham Lincoln

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act introduce?

• The abolition of slavery

• The Fugitive Slave Law

• Popular sovereignty

• The Dred Scott decision