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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Though the Civil War was about slavery, what was the South's main reason to secede?
Believed in rural life
Believed in States' Rights
Felt they were losing power in the Senate
Believed the Industrial Revolution was a threat
Which of the following statements is true?
The South was an urban area
The South was industrialized
Only 1/3 of Southerners owned slaves
Southern factories depended on slaves
What line of latitude was used for the Missouri Compromise?
26º - 30' N
36º-30' N
40º-30'N
10º-26º
Where was the trading of slaves prohibited in the Compromise of 1850?
District of Columbia
Deleware
Virginia
Texas
This act said that slaves who escaped had to be returned to their masters.
The Regulation Act
The Tariff Act
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Runaway Act
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act state?
Kansas and Nebraska were to become free states
Kansas/Nebaska were to become slave states
The two states could choose for themselves using Popular Sovereignty
The federal government would decide
For Abraham Lincoln, fighting the Civil War was about _________________.
being re-elected as president
allowing some slavery in the Southern states
Preserving the Union and the United States of America
making sure the South won the war
How many candidates for President were there in 1860?
1
2
3
4
Who won the election of 1860?
Bell
Breckinridge
Douglas
Lincoln
Southern states threatened to do what if Lincoln was elected?
to compromis
to secede
to fillibuster
to stay in the Union
Where did the first shots of the Civil War occur?
Fort Douglas
Fort Nashville
Fort Henry
Fort Sumter
What state was the first to secede?
Alabama
Arkansas
South Carolina
Virginia
The border states were: Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and........?
New York
Richmond
Florida
Delaware
What battle was considered to be the turning point of the war?
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Appomattox Courthouse
Battle of Little Big Horn
This battle gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
Fort Sumter
Gettysburg
Vicksburg
1st Bull Run
