WorksheetsIssues and Events leading to Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The main goal of abolitionists in America was to ___.
a)
gain the right to vote for enslaved people.
b)
gain the right to vote for women.
c)
gain equal rights for women.
d)
gain freedom for enslaved people.
2.
What abolitionist leader published the Liberator?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
d)
Susan B. Anthony
3.
This former slave edited the North Star.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Isabel Sojourner Truth
4.
This escaped slave, sometimes called "Moses", helped many slaves run away on the Underground Railroad.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Isabel Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
5.
The main goal of American suffragists was ___.
a)
to free the slaves.
b)
to gain the right to vote for women.
c)
to end child labor in America.
d)
stop slave owners from punishing their slaves.
6.
Which one of the following is true of women in the early 1800's in America?
a)
Women often had college educations.
b)
Many women were business leaders.
c)
Many women were large landowners.
d)
Women did not enjoy the same rights as men.
7.
Of the following women, which one was NOT well known as a leader of the Women's Suffrage Movement?
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
Isabel Sojourner Truth
8.
What was the main issue that divided the nation and helped lead to the American Civil War?
a)
state's rights
b)
slavery
c)
tariffs
d)
westward expansion
9.
Which one of the following would be true of the South prior to the Civil War?
a)
The economy was based on manufacturing.
b)
It was mainly an urban society.
c)
People supported tariffs that would protect factory owners and workers.
d)
People supported state's rights over a stronger central government.
10.
Which one of the following would be true of the North prior to the Civil War?
a)
They believed states could declare national laws illegal.
b)
They believed the abolition of slavery would destroy their economy.
c)
They believed the United States was one nation that could not be separated or divided.
d)
They opposed tariffs that would cause the price of manufactured goods to increase.
11.
Which one of the following would be a cultural difference when comparing the states of the North and the South?
a)
The North favored tariffs while the South opposed them.
b)
The North was mainly an urban society while the South was primarily agricultural.
c)
The North produced manufactured goods while the South produced cash crops.
d)
The North favored a stronger central government while the South favored state's rights.
12.
Which one of the following would be a constitutional difference when comparing the states of the North and the South?
a)
The North favored tariffs while the South opposed them.
b)
The North was mainly an urban society while the South was primarily agricultural.
c)
The North produced manufactured goods while the South produced cash crops.
d)
The North favored a stronger central government while the South favored state's rights.
13.
Which one of the following would NOT be true of states of the North?
a)
They believed that the national government's power was supreme over that of the states.
b)
They feared Great Britain may stop buying cotton if tariffs were added.
c)
They believed slavery should be abolished for moral reasons.
d)
Their urban society found many people working jobs in cities.
14.
Which one of the following would NOT be true of states of the South?
a)
They believed that the national government's power was supreme over that of the states.
b)
They feared tariffs may cause Great Britain to stop buying cotton.
c)
They believed states had freely created and joined the union and could freely leave it.
d)
Most people worked in agriculture and lived in small villages and on farms and plantations.
15.
Which of the following is NOT true of the Missouri Compromise of 1820?
a)
Maine was admitted as a free state.
b)
People in the territories above the 36'30" parallel of latitude got to vote on the slave issue.
c)
Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
d)
A balance was maintained with an equal number of free and slave states.
16.
Which of the following is true of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California was admitted to the Union as a free state.
b)
Slavery was prohibited in the Southwest territories.
c)
A balance was maintained with an equal number of free and slave states.
d)
Northerners were encouraged to help slaves escape with a weaker fugitive slave law.
17.
Which of the following is true about popular sovereignty?
a)
It was supported by abolitionists and the new Republican political party.
b)
It declared all western territory to be slave territory.
c)
It outlawed the slave trade in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C..
d)
It allowed people in a territory to vote to decide if they would become a free or slave state.
18.
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act ___.
a)
People in each state would decide the slavery issue by voting.
b)
Kansas would be admitted as a free state.
c)
Nebraska would be admitted as a slave state.
d)
A balance was maintained between the number of free and slave states.
19.
Beginning with South Carolina, southern states began seceding following ____.
a)
the election of Abraham Lincoln as president.
b)
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.
c)
the Dred Scott decision by the Supreme Court.
d)
the debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
20.
The first shots of the American Civil War were fired when Confederate forces fired on this fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
a)
Fort McHenry
b)
Fort Washington
c)
Fort Sumter
d)
Fort Necessity
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