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WorksheetsNotes Quiz: Road to Civil War & Timeline
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
All of these are the main causes of the U.S. Civil War except ______________? (Which one is not one of the 3 main causes?)
sectionalism
stability
slavery
states' rights
Which of these is NOT true of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine was admitted as a free state.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
A line of latitude delineated the boundary separating where slavery was and was not allowed in the future.
Citizens voted to choose whether or not to allow slavery in the territory.
As part of the Compromise of 1850, which of these was admitted as a free state?
California
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Specifically, how did the Union attempt to appease the southerners in the Compromise of 1850?
People would be allowed to vote whether or not to allow slavery.
A Fugitive Slave Act was passed to require runaway slaves to be returned to their masters.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state.
Texas was admitted as a slave state.
Which author depicted the evils of slavery in a novel that greatly impressed President Lincoln in the process?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry David Thoreau
As part of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what method of deciding the issue of slavery was enacted in place of the Missouri Compromise?
states' rights
Compromise of 1850
keeping the balance of slave and free states
popular sovereignty
Included in the Dred Scott decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that slaves were ________________
citizens
emancipated
property
allowed suffrage
Who led the unsuccessful 1859 raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to arm the slaves and begin a revolt?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Who was elected U.S. President in 1860 with only 40% of the popular vote?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Jackson
Which state was the first to secede from the Union and was also the state in which the first battle of the Civil War occurred?
South Carolina
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Missouri
Which of these terms means "to break way or separate from a larger group"?
secede
sectionalism
emancipation
suffrage
Which of these terms means "loyalty to a region"?
suffrage
sectionalism
secede
popular sovereignty
Which of these terms means "to vote whether or not to allow slavery in a territory"?
popular sovereignty
suffrage
sectionalism
arsenal
Which of these events happened in response to Lincoln winning the presidential election?
South Carolina seceded.
John Brown's Raid
Bleeding Kansas
Compromise of 1850
Which of these events on your timeline happened immediately after Dred Scott decision?
Lincoln-Douglas debates
John Brown's Raid
Bleeding Kansas
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
Which of these events on your timeline happened immediately after Bleeding Kansas?
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Firing on Fort Sumter
Uncle Tom's Cabin was published
Compromise of 1850
Which of these was the earliest event on your timeline leading to the Civil War?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
