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WorksheetsRoad To Civil War
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Religious revival leading to new churches, desires to help others, and many social reform movements
a)
2nd Enlightenment
b)
2nd Great Awakening
c)
2nd Rise of Government
d)
2nd Constitution
2.
Tennessee quaker who published an abolitionist newspaper in Jonesboro, TN
a)
Elihu Embree
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.
Two organizers from the fist women's rights convention
a)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Fredrick Douglas & Henry Clay
c)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Lucretia Mott
d)
John C. Calhoun & Abraham Lincoln
4.
Reformer who worked for women's suffrage, women's education, and temperance
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Dorthea Dix
c)
Lucretia Mott
d)
Susan B. Anthony
5.
Former slave who was a powerful speaker for both slavery and women's rights
a)
Susan B. Anthony
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
Daniel Webster
6.
A social movement promoting little or no use of alcoholic beverages
a)
Temperance Movement
b)
Great Awakening
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Compromise of 1850
7.
"Cotton Capital" of the south located in Tennessee
a)
Franklin
b)
Nashville
c)
Memphis
d)
Jonesboro
8.
Network of safe houses that aided runaway slaves
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Underground Railroad
c)
Temperance
d)
Safe Houses
9.
Reformer who worked for better conditions in prison and mental hospitals
a)
Dorthea Dix
b)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
c)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
d)
John C. Calhoun
10.
Reformer who worked to establish state supported public schools and colleges for teachers
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Fredrick Douglas
d)
Horace Mann
11.
Name for the altruists/reformers who worked to end slavery
a)
Railroad conductors
b)
Slavery enders
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Puritans
12.
Former slave who helped on the Underground Railroad
a)
James Cook
b)
Annabelle Lewis
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
13.
Former slave who became a leading abolitionist who made speeches, published books, and newspapers
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Fredrick Douglas
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
John Brown
14.
Reformer who published "The Liberator" and had a great influence on the movement to end slavery
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Daniel Boone
c)
John Smith
d)
Fredrick Douglas
15.
Reformer who wrote and influential anti-slavery novel
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Henry Clay
16.
Name of the highly influential anti-slavery novel
a)
Uncle Sam's Cabin
b)
The North Star
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
The Liberator
17.
Abolitionist who used violence in attempt to end slavery
a)
John Brown
b)
John Smith
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Elihu Embree
18.
Fredrick Douglas' abolitionist newspaper
a)
The Last Star
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
The Liberator
d)
The North Star
19.
Long standing deal that kept the balance in the senate with free and slave states
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Northwest Ordinance
d)
Albany Plan of Union
20.
Allowed California to enter as a free state and it broke the Missouri Compromise
a)
Scott vs. Sanford
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Northwest Ordinance
21.
Act passed by congress making it illegal to aid runaway slaves
a)
Runaway Slave Act
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Reformers
d)
Kansas Nebraska Act
22.
Act passed that allowed two states to vote about having slavery
a)
Fugitive Slave Law
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Kansas Nebraska Act
23.
When citizens make a decision by direct vote
a)
Election
b)
Popular Sovereignty
c)
Electoral College
d)
Popular Vote
24.
Summer of violence between pro and anti slavery forces
a)
Summer of Pain
b)
Battle of Tennessee
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Bleeding Nebraska
25.
Supreme Court case involving the legality of slavery, citizenship rights, and congress' power to outlaw slavery
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
c)
McCulloch vs. Maryland
d)
Scott vs. Stanford
26.
This normally well behaved place was the scene of a violent beating during an argument over slavery
a)
Senate
b)
Congress
c)
White House
d)
Nebraska
27.
Two Illinois senate candidates who held many debates over slavery
a)
Abraham Lincoln & Daniel Webster
b)
Henry Clay & John C. Calhoun
c)
Abraham Lincoln & Stephen Douglas
d)
Stephen Douglas & Daniel Webster
28.
Led an unsuccessful raid on the Federal Arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia and was executed for treason
a)
William Bradford
b)
John Brown
c)
John Marshall
d)
James Brown
29.
What triggered the Civil War?
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
The Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Compromise of 1850
30.
New political party that didn't want slavery in western states
a)
Republicans
b)
Democrats
c)
Merchants
d)
Free Soilers
31.
Political party that supported popular sovereignty in new states
a)
Southern Democrats
b)
Northern Democrats
c)
Whigs
d)
Free Soilers
32.
Political party formed when anti-slavery groups combined
a)
Democrats
b)
Whigs
c)
Republicans
d)
Puritans
33.
Political party that wanted to ignore the issue of slavery
a)
Northern Republicans
b)
Southern Democrats
c)
Free Soilers
d)
Whigs
34.
Senator who debated the North's side in the Compromise of 1850
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Abraham Lincoln
35.
Senator who debated the South's side in the Compromise of 1850
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Henry Clay
d)
Abraham Lincoln
36.
Senator who worked out the Compromise of 1850
a)
Daniel Webster
b)
John C. Calhoun
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Henry Clay
37.
Why did Washington D.C. ban slavery?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Fugitive Slave Law
c)
Northwest Ordinance
d)
Missouri Compromise
38.
How was California a free state?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Northwest Ordinance
39.
Who controlled senate after the Compromise of 1850?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
40.
Which was a result of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Northwest Ordinance
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
New president
d)
Fugitive Slave Law
41.
What did the Dred Scott ruling say?
a)
1. Slaves were property
2. Owning slaves was constitutional
3. Slaves had no rights
2. Owning slaves was constitutional
3. Slaves had no rights
b)
1. Slaves were important
2. Slaves could have jobs
3. Slaves were citizens
2. Slaves could have jobs
3. Slaves were citizens
c)
1. Slaves owners must have a permit
2. Slaves must be bought from Africa
3. No abusing slaves
2. Slaves must be bought from Africa
3. No abusing slaves
d)
1. Slaves were allowed to vote
2. Slaves could learn to read and write
3. Slaves had rights
2. Slaves could learn to read and write
3. Slaves had rights
42.
Strong traditions of sending men to the military
a)
North
b)
South
43.
Very concerned with their honor and rights
a)
North
b)
South
44.
Wanted a federal government
a)
North
b)
South
45.
Disliked federal government
a)
North
b)
South
46.
Believed in state's rights and nullification
a)
North
b)
South
47.
Worried about losing political power in congress
a)
North
b)
South
48.
Controlled the House of Representatives
a)
North
b)
South
49.
Political party that was against immigration
a)
Know-Nothings
b)
Whigs
c)
Republicans
d)
Democrats
50.
What was the word for people who didn't want slavery but were still racist?
a)
Nativists
b)
Slave owners
c)
Fugitives
d)
Know-Nothings
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