WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
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Class
Date
1.
The South was a major producer of the cotton used in northern mills. This influenced what?
a)
The economic development of the United States?
b)
The education system in the South
c)
The abolitionist movement in the South
d)
The increase in T-shirt sales in the U.S.
2.
May people feared the admission of new slave states. Therefore, many abolitionists were against what?
a)
Admitting South Carolina as a slave state
b)
Supported an isolationist foreign policy
c)
were against the annexation of new Western territory
d)
Moving to Canada
3.
"Am I to argue that it is wrong to make men brutes, to rob them of their liberty, to work them without wages, to keep them ignorant of their relations to their fellow men, to beat them with sticks, to [lash] their flesh with a [whip], to load their limbs with irons, to hunt them with dogs, to sell them at auction, to [break up] their families, to knock out their teeth, to burn their flesh, to starve them into obedience to their masters? Must I argue that a system marked with blood is wrong? No-I will no." A speech to citizens of Rochester, New York on July 4, 1852
Who would have given this kind of speech?
Who would have given this kind of speech?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Robert E. Lee
c)
John C. Calhouln
d)
John Wilkes Booth
4.
What did these developments have in common?
a)
They wanted to end the abolitionists movement
b)
They sought changes to end slavery
c)
They thought that Texas should secede
d)
They wanted Abe Lincoln to resign
5.
In 1854, SpongeBob, a fugitive slave from South Carolina, was arrested in Boston and returned to South Carolina. Which federal legislation provided the basis for Sponge's arrest?
a)
The Kansas Nebraska Act
b)
The Election of Lincoln
c)
The Compromise of 1850
d)
The Raid on Harper's Ferry
6.
Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas. This was known as what cause of the Civil War?
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Dred Scott decision
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
The Fighting of Nebraska
7.
What Court Case would match these headlines?
a)
McCulloch v. Maryland
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Worcester v. Georgia
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
8.
The Three-Fifths Compromise outlined the process for states to count slaves as?
a)
Part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.
b)
Part of congress
c)
Part of the undustrial development of the North.
d)
Part of westward expansion and the Gold rush
9.
He represented the interests of the North, supported the High Protective Tariff, opposed the spread of slavery into new territories, supported the Compromise of 1850, and faced Abraham Lincoln in a series of debates.
a)
John Quincy Adams
b)
Stephen A Douglass
c)
Daniel Webster
d)
Abraham Lincoln
10.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave. This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.
a)
Three Fifths Compromise
b)
Raiding
c)
Popular sovereignty
d)
Secession
11.
The theory of nullification or wanting to Nullify a FEDERAL TAX LAW was something this person felt strongly about.
a)
Andrew Jackson
b)
John Smith
c)
Abigail Adams
d)
John C. Calhoun
12.
The Book called Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe caused what to happen?
a)
Support grew for the abolitionist movement
b)
A slave riot in Kansas
c)
Support grew for the Slave expansionists
d)
Support grew for the movement to Alaska
13.
What Increased tensions between the North and the South?
a)
Over the Election of Trump vs. Clinton
b)
The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
c)
The Climate and geography of the North and South.
d)
The Arguments over the growth of the military.
14.
The Northern economy had a lot of manufacturing, while the Southern economy was almost exclusively agricultural. What is this describing?
a)
The Differences in the West and Texas before the Civil War.
b)
Transportation differences between the North and South
c)
the economic differences between the North and the South in the period prior to the Civil War
15.
He represented the interests of the North, supported the High Protective Tariff, opposed the spread of slavery into new territories, served in the Senate and House of Representatives, and supported the Compromise of 1850.
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
Henry Clay
16.
Prior to the Civil War, abolitionists reacted to slave catchers confiscating runaways slaves by:
a)
watching the history channel to prepare for what to do next.
b)
helping the slave catcher
c)
Supporting the Underground Railroad
17.
The Dred Scott decision had a major impact on life in the United States because it-
a)
Reaffirmed the President's right to serve more than two terms
b)
Reopened the issue of slavery in the territories
c)
Limited the power of the Supreme Court to rule on cases of race
d)
Supported Congress' right to forbid slavery in the territories
18.
John C. Calhoun represented interests of the South, supported nullification, was a Senator and Secretary of State to John Tyler, and opposed the Compromise of 1850 because he supported ___________________________.
a)
Abolitionists
b)
Industrial growth in the north
c)
Slavery
d)
The underground railroad
19.
The admission of new states into the Union was settled by what to acts?
a)
Lincoln vs. Douglass
b)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
c)
MCcullugh vs. Maryland
d)
the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850
20.
What best explains why slavery had nearly disappeared in the North before the Civil War?
a)
Slavery did not fit the economic interests of the North.
b)
The underground railroad was very successful.
c)
The fugitive slave act failed.
d)
The Whig party never gave up.
21.
Which of the following was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854?
a)
Fighting broke out between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups in Kansas.
b)
Kansas entered the Union as a slave state through popular sovereignty in 1856
c)
Kansas and Nebraska accepted many new Indian Tribes to settle on their lands in 1856.
d)
The law finally ended slavery in the United States.
22.
The climate and topography of the Southeastern United States had a major impact on the history of the United States before 1860 because the region grew _________________________ that encouraged the continuation of slavery
a)
high tariffs
b)
trade with Great Britian
c)
manufacturing and industrial products
d)
agricultural products
23.
He was known as "The Great Compromiser" because of his ideas such as the Missouri Compromise 1820 and the Great Compromise of 1850.
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Robert E. Lee
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