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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War Review
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following states entered the union because of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Louisiana and Texas
b)
Maine and Missouri
c)
California and Washington
d)
Virginia and New York
2.
Which territory became a state because of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Iowa
b)
Florida
c)
California
d)
Arkansas
3.
Which of the following was not a slave state?
a)
Michigan
b)
Arkansas
c)
Florida
d)
Texas
4.
Where was the higher population of black people found?
a)
Free slaves
b)
The West
c)
New England
d)
Slave states
5.
In which of these states did slaves NOT outnumber whites?
a)
Delaware
b)
South Carolina
c)
Mississippi
d)
Louisiana
6.
Were there more free or slaves states after the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed in 1854?
a)
free
b)
slave
7.
How many slave states were admitted to the union after California?
a)
5
b)
10
c)
3
d)
0
8.
Which of the following were most likely angry about the balance of free and slave states in 1854?
a)
immigrants
b)
free-soilers
c)
slaveholders
d)
slaves
9.
When settlers in federal territories were allowed to decide whether or not they wanted slaves it was
a)
popular sovereignty
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
sectionalism
10.
Where was slavery abolished because of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
New York City, NY
b)
San Francisco, CA
c)
New Orleans, LA
d)
Washington, D.C.
11.
What event was caused by landowners and slaveholders racing to settle the territory created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Nebraska Burning
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Compromise of 1850
12.
What did the Fugitive Slave Act tell Northerners to do?
a)
capture runaway slaves
b)
help fugitive slaves escape to Canada
c)
buy the slaves freedom
d)
return the slaves to Africa
13.
What document tried to ban slavery in any area gained by the Mexican Cession?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
Wilmot Proviso
14.
What is it called when someone favors the interests of one area of the country over the interests of the entire country?
a)
nationalism
b)
sectionalism
c)
nativism
d)
sovereignism
15.
Which political party was made up of antislavery northerners who worried that slave labor would mean less jobs for white workers?
a)
Free-Soil
b)
Republican
c)
Democrat
d)
Whig
16.
Which political party was committed to restricting slavery in federal territory?
a)
Free-Soil
b)
Republican
c)
Democrat
d)
Whig
17.
What was the goal of the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
stop the Underground Railroad
b)
stop the spread of slavery
c)
help runaway slaves get to Africa
d)
help northerners free the slaves
18.
Where did most runaway slaves try to get to?
a)
Louisiana
b)
Canada
c)
California
d)
Africa
19.
Which group was NOT hurt by the Fugitive Slave Act?
a)
free blacks
b)
runaway slaves
c)
abolitionists
d)
slaveowners
20.
Which law was passed to eliminate the Missouri Compromise restrictions on slavery north of the 36’30’ line?
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Monroe Doctrine
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Emancipation Proclamation
21.
Who led an attack on the federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia?
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
William Lloyd Garrison
c)
Charles Sumner
d)
John Brown
22.
Which area of the country thought the federal government should pass low protective tariffs?
a)
The South
b)
The West
c)
The North
d)
The East
23.
Who won the Election of 1860?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
John C. Breckinridge
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
John Bell
24.
Who sued for his freedom because his master took him to a free state? The Supreme Court ruled he was not a citizen and could not sue.
a)
Frederick Douglass
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Harriet Tubman
25.
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
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