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WorksheetsCauses of Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
In her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe described the fictional lives of a group of slaves in the American South. What effect did the novel have on American society?
It caused runaway slaves in the North to return to the South.
It convinced the government of the threat that slaves posed
It strengthened the support for the abolition of slavery
It encouraged the rapid expansion of the slave trade.
How did John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry help lead to the outbreak of the Civil War?
by weakening support for Northern abolitionists
by raising fears among many Southerners of possible slave revolts
by creating deep divisions within the Northern military
by securing weapons for Southern militias to use in defense of slavery
An abolitionist is
Someone who believes in slavery
Someone who does not like slavery, but minds their own business.
Someone who is an activist and fights to end slavery
Someone who believes wage slavery in the north was wrong
When 1 section of the country only cares about their section
In the 1850s, which right did southern politicians claim belonged to the states and not the federal government?
the right to declare war
the right to regulate slavery
the right to directly tax citizens
the right to establish treaties
