WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Missouri Compromise was an agreement made by Congress in 1820 that tried to balance slave and free states. Missouri was admitted as a ...
a)
free state
b)
slave state
2.
The Union refers to
a)
The Confederacy
b)
The South
c)
The North
3.
The Fugitive Slave Act was part of this issue
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
The Missouri Compromise
c)
The Compromise of 1850
4.
The territories gained in the Mexican-American War was supposed to be
a)
Free
b)
Slave
5.
What was the importance of Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
It sold millions
b)
Showed the cruelty of slavery
c)
It was written by a femal.
6.
Who is not associated with Bleeding Kansas?
a)
John Brown
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Preston Brooks
7.
What is the importance of the Dred Scott case?
a)
African Americans were deemed as property.
b)
He became free
c)
Missouri Compromise was constitutional.
8.
Manufacturing is associated with
a)
the South
b)
the North
9.
What was the main mode of transportation in the South?
a)
Trains
b)
Cars
c)
Steamboats
10.
Abraham Lincoln ran against this guy in the Election of 1860
a)
Preston Brooks
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Charles Sumner
11.
The first state to succeed
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
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