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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
Someone who wants to abolish or end slavery.
b)
Someone who wants to end voting for slaves.
c)
Someone who doesn't want to work with slaves.
d)
Someone who wants to never wear jeans.
5.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.
People who fought against slavery are called
a)
Missionaries
b)
Abolitionists
c)
Morning people
d)
Night owls
7.
President was Jefferson Davis
a)
North
b)
South
8.
What did slaves use to escape to Freedom?
a)
The Anaconda Plan
b)
The Oregon Trail
c)
The Union Express Railroad
d)
The Underground Railroad
9.
This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Nat Turner
c)
John Brown
d)
Harriet Tubman
10.
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
11.
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.
12.
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.
13.
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.
14.
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
15.
Who became the president in the election of 1860?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
16.
The section of the country had more factories and railroads.
a)
North
b)
South
17.
This was the main cause that caused the South to secede because they said they did not have to follow the Federal laws
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
State's Rights
d)
Fort Sumter
18.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
19.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit.
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
20.
This was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Battle of Chickamauga
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