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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Why did the southern states have slaves?
a)
They were lazy
b)
For labor to work the fields
c)
It was easy to have people do things for you
2.
What did the abolitionists support?
a)
They wanted to end the war.
b)
They wanted to end slavery.
c)
They wanted to end Davis´ leadership.
3.
How did the expansion of the USA contributed to the war?
a)
Because USA was growing and they were receiving more slaves.
b)
Because USA was growing and North and South did not care about new states.
c)
Because North and South will fight to get any new state.
4.
This man wrote about his time as slave and spent the rest of his life fighting for writes for slaves and women?
a)
Douglass
b)
Lincoln
c)
Garrison
d)
Jefferson
5.
The most famous leader of the Underground Railroad was who?
a)
Tubman
b)
Mann
c)
Parks
d)
Truth
6.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A secret network of people and hiding places to help slaves escape to freedom.
b)
Rights protected by people.
c)
Not being controlled by someone.
d)
Forced to work without pay.
7.
Why was slavery generally supported by southerners?
a)
All southerners owned slaves
b)
They knew someday they would be slaveowners
c)
Slavery was an important part of their economy
d)
They would be executed for disagreeing
8.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential book that caused many in the North to become anti-slavery after reading it.
a)
Nat Turner's Revolt
b)
The Liberator
c)
The Bugler
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
9.
How did cotton relate to slavery?
a)
The desire to grow more cotton led to increased slavery
b)
It did not relate to slavery
c)
All slaves were required to grow cotton
d)
Cotton was traded for slaves in Africa
10.
What was the effect of the cotton gin on slavery in the South?
a)
It reduced the need for slaves on plantations.
b)
It increased the demand for slaves to produce more cotton.
c)
It helped improve the slaves' work conditions.
d)
It had no significant effect on slaves or slavery.
11.
WHICH ACT LET PEOPLE CHOOSE IF THEY WANTED SLAVERY IN NEW STATES/
a)
COMPROMISE OF 1820
b)
COMPROMISE OF 1850
c)
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
12.
WHAT LAW LED TO BLEEDING KANSAS?
a)
COMPROMISE OF 1850
b)
MISSOURI COMPROMISE
c)
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
d)
WILMOT PROVISO
13.
THE DRED SCOTT DECISION STATED THAT ALL SLAVES WERE?
a)
FREE
b)
INDENTURED SERVANTS
c)
PROPERTY
d)
ALLOWED TO MOVE WEST
14.
JOHN BROWN ATTACKED THE HARPER'S FERRY ARSENAL TO START WHAT?
a)
PEACE TALKS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
b)
START A SLAVE REVOLT
c)
GIVE WEAPONS TO THE POOR
d)
BUST DRED SCOTT OUT OF PRISON
15.
California was admitted as a free state because of the compromise of 1850
a)
True
b)
False
16.
The breaking of the United States into regions of common economies, populations and values was called...
a)
compromise
b)
secession
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
17.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
18.
This law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
19.
What speech did Lincoln make when he said slavery would stay in the areas it existed but not be allowed to spread?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address
c)
Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address
d)
Gettysburg Address
20.
What compromise allowed Maine in as a free state and Missouri in as a slave state?
a)
Missouri Compromis
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Texas Annexation
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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