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WorksheetsUnit 10: Causes
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 26mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What event(s) made Lincoln famous?
a)
Secession of 1860
b)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
c)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates
d)
Harper's Ferry
2.
Sectionalism?
a)
rivalry based on the special interests of different areas
b)
to withdraw or break away from a a nation
c)
a religious meeting
d)
an official expression of opinion by a group
3.
Which word means to leave or become unassociated with?
a)
Secede
b)
Ironclad
c)
Border State
d)
Casualty
4.
What Increased tensions between the North and the South?
a)
The capital of Virginia becoming Richmond.
b)
The rise of sectionalism, the growing disagreement over states' rights, and the issue of slavery.
c)
The Climate and geography of the North and South.
d)
The Arguments over the growth of the military.
5.
What did these developments have in common?
a)
They wanted to end the abolitionists movement
b)
They sought changes to end slavery
c)
They thought that Texas should secede
d)
They wanted Abe Lincoln to resign
6.
What woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Mary Lincoln
7.
John Brown was raiding....
a)
A plantation
b)
A farm rich in resources
c)
The White House
d)
a United States arsenal
8.
The purpose of John Brown's raid was to....
a)
steal supplies and sell them for money
b)
get his name in the local newspapers
c)
start a slave revolt
d)
get the 13th amendment passed
9.
An Illinois lawyer who became the 16th President of the United States
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
James Buchanan
d)
John C. Fremont
10.
Controversial Supreme Court Case that led to all African Americans being declared noncitizens of the United States
a)
Plessy v. Ferguson
b)
Dred Scott v. Sandford
c)
Marbury v. Madison
d)
Gibbons v. Ogden
11.
The President of the Confederacy was
a)
John J. Crittenden
b)
John Bell
c)
Jefferson Davis
d)
John C. Breckinridge
12.
True or False: The Southern states that broke away formed the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
True or False: Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter for nearly 40 hours.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
___________________ was the first state to break away.
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
c)
West Virginia
d)
Florida
15.
Who won the Battle of Fort Sumter?
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
16.
The Civil War started on April 12, _________.
a)
1776
b)
1861
c)
1492
d)
1865
17.
About how many did Nat Turner's rebellion kill?
a)
350
b)
100
c)
60
18.
What did southern states pass after the death of Nat Turner and his rebellion?
a)
Making it illegal to preach to slaves
b)
Making it illegal to teach slaves
c)
Emancipation Proclamation
19.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
20.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
21.
Which side had the advantage of having more populated cities and resources?
a)
The Union
b)
The Confederates
22.
Which state wanted to join the Union as a free state?
a)
California
b)
Michigan
c)
Washington
d)
Georgia
23.
What law compelled the North to return runaway slaves back to the South?
a)
Fugitive Dog Acts
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Abolition Act of 1850
d)
I refuse to answer this question based on the fact I have not studied!
24.
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?
a)
The Senate would vote
b)
The House of Representatives would vote
c)
The President would vote
d)
Popular sovereignty
25.
This law left it to the white citizens of the territory to decide whether that territory would be a free or slave territory.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Wilmot Proviso
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Emancipation Proclomation
26.
A document stating that neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of the Mexican Session
a)
Sectionalism
b)
Wilmot Proviso
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Compromise of 1850
27.
The concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act:
a)
allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.
b)
made the Underground Railroad legal.
c)
brought about the Dred Scott decision.
d)
allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.
28.
Border Ruffians from Missouri voted in the first territorial election because:
a)
they intended to move to Kansas Territory in the future.
b)
they wanted to see if they could get away with illegally voting in another state.
c)
they wanted the proslavery forces to take control of Kansas Territory.
d)
they did not know where the border of Missouri was located.
29.
Abolitionists believed slavery was immoral and should be abolished.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
The abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek with broad swords.
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
John Brown
d)
Preston Brooks
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