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WorksheetsCauses of Civil War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where did most Southerners live in the 1850s?
a)
cities
b)
large towns
c)
farms
d)
up North
2.
Where were most of the cities in the 1850s?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
3.
What was the North's point of view on slavery in the 1850s?
a)
They had outlawed slavery
b)
They were pro-slavery.
c)
The hired slaves as workers.
d)
Slavery was used for farming.
4.
How were slaves used in the South's economy?
a)
It was expensive.
b)
It was against the law.
c)
It was a luxury.
d)
It was used for farming.
5.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves reach freedom?
a)
church
b)
school
c)
rebellion
d)
Underground Railroad
6.
What was life like for FREE African Americans?
a)
They lived in fear of losing their freedom.
b)
The lived the same as white citizens.
c)
They lived as paid slaves.
d)
They received many benefits
7.
What problem did the Missouri Compromise solve?
a)
Southern states wanted a free state.
b)
It made an equal number of slave and free states.
c)
It made more slave states.
d)
It made more free states.
8.
What led to violence in Kansas in 1854?
a)
People disagreed over the vote for slavery.
b)
People voted for Kansas to be free.
c)
People voted for Kansas to be a territory.
d)
Nebraska was split.
9.
Why were people angry about the Dred Scott case?
a)
They thought it would solve problems.
b)
They agreed with the judge's decision.
c)
The court said African Americans had no rights.
d)
The court ruled in favor of Scott.
10.
What was the effect of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry?
a)
The North made John Brown a general.
b)
John Brown was given an award.
c)
It drew the North and South together.
d)
John Brown was hanged.
11.
What is one reason Southern states wanted states rights?
a)
to support the Union
b)
to abolish slavery
c)
to make their own flag
d)
to keep slavery
12.
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's newspaper?
a)
The North Star
b)
The Liberator
c)
The Journey
d)
The Freedman
13.
Which abolitionist was born a slave in New York and became a preacher?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Sojourner Truth
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Frederick Douglass
14.
Who wrote the book called Uncle Tom's Cabin?
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
c)
John Brown
d)
Frederick Douglass
15.
Which abolitionist man was a former slave and great speaker?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
John Brown
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
William Lloyd Garrison
16.
Believing that your section of the country is more important than the rest of the country is...
a)
partisanship
b)
Civil War
c)
sectionalism
d)
treason
17.
Which compromise allowed California to be a free state if the Fugitive Slave Act became the law?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
election of Lincoln
18.
The section of the country had more factories and railroads.
a)
North
b)
South
19.
With the Missouri Compromise, Maine came into the U.S. as...
a)
a free state
b)
a slave state
20.
Who became the president in the election of 1860?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
21.
South Carolina was a...
a)
free state
b)
slave state
22.
Texas was a...
a)
slave state
b)
free state
23.
Pennsylvania was a...
a)
free state
b)
slave state
24.
Wisconsin was a...
a)
slave state
b)
free state
25.
New York was a...
a)
free state
b)
slave state
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