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Causes of the Civil War REVIEW

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Secede means to...

a)

join

b)

get rid of

c)

come together

d)

seperate

2.

This was the main thing 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

3.

This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not allow this. The South depended on this for their economy.

a)

State's Rights

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Slavery

d)

John Brown's Raid

4.
This person was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
5.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
6.

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

a)

slavery would be banned in all future states.

b)

the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

c)

the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

d)

slavery would be allowed in every future state.

7.

As a result of the Compromise of 1850, the slave trade was banned in which city?

a)

New York

b)

Atlanta

c)

Boston

d)

Washington D.C.

8.

This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves and instead had to return them to their owners.

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Dred Scott Case

9.

What did the South's economy depend on?

a)

Agriculture

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Coal mining

d)

Food production

10.

What did the North's economy depend on?

a)

Food production

b)

Agriculture

c)

Manufacturing

d)

Coal mining

11.
Georgia's position on slavery in the new territories after the Compromise of 1850 was clearly stated in the ___.
a)
Atlanta Compromise
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Georgia Platform
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
12.
The Northerners were opposed to slavery because...
a)
It was wrong to treat other human beings that way.
b)
It was unfair to have free labor
c)
The North could not compete economically
d)
All of the above
13.
What law allowed special government officials to arrest any person accused of being a runaway slave?
a)
Fugitive Slave Act 1850
b)
Emancipation Proclamation
c)
Underground Railroad
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
14.
The Compromise of 1850 admitted what state as a free state?
a)
Maine
b)
Kansas
c)
Missouri
d)
California
15.
The Georgia Platform was a statement supporting
a)
states' rights.
b)
popular sovereignty.
c)
the Compromise of 1850.
d)
slavery throughout the United States.
16.
Many southern states believe that the state should be the final authority over slavery. This belief is an example of
a)
abolition
b)
sectionalism
c)
states' rights
d)
popular sovereignty
17.
What was the Underground Railroad?
a)
A place where slaves were sold
b)
It was a railroad that was underground and carried slaves to freedom.
c)
A network slaves used to get to freedom.
d)
A smooth form of transportation.