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Events Leading to the Civil War (Matthew and Mackenzie)

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was added as a slave state in 1820.

a)

Alaska

b)

Maine

c)

South Carolina

d)

Missouri

2.

This showed a conflict between the_______ and ________ government.

a)

federal, state

b)

limited, unlimited

c)

executive, judicial

d)

popular sovereignty, federal

3.

What was Dred Scott's desire for the future?

a)

"No Taxation Without Representation"

b)

"I'm male"

c)

"Once a man is free, he should always be free."

d)

""Once a man is free, he should always be under slavery."

4.

What were the four undecided territories in the west?

a)

Utah, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico Territory

b)

Kansas, Nebraska, Maine, andd Missouri

c)

Califorina, Alaska, Hawaii, and Florida

d)

New England Colonies, Southern Colonies, Middle Colonies and, Wetsern Colonies.

5.

Where did the first shots of the Civil war.

a)

Charleston

b)

Fort Summer

c)

Washington DC.

d)

Fort Sumter

6.

What was the immediate effect of Lincoln being elected?

a)

Tyler was born male

b)

South Carolina declared to be a content

c)

number of southern states, seceded from the union

d)

attacks

7.

What were two important ways that the north made money or profit.

a)

Slave trade

b)

Exports

c)

Industy and manufacturing

d)

Bake off

8.

Explain the word "nully"

a)

Thrasher

b)

Good Moring Red Bird

c)

To void or block

d)

To whiten teeth

9.

Fugitive Slave Law stated?

a)

Slavery will go on forever!!!

b)

That only white men can own slaves

c)

Slavery was outlawed

d)

made it harder for slaves to escape the south

10.

Where was slave trade banned in?

a)

California

b)

Washington, DC

c)

Main

d)

South Carolina

11.

Bleeding Kansas led to...

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

intense violence between the opposing sides

c)

The Constitution

d)

A stronger government

12.

What section did the new tariffs benefit?

a)

Slaves

b)

Government

c)

North

d)

White Males

13.

Why would people be more likely to buy American products after the tariffs

a)

Because they were Patriots

b)

American products were cheaper

c)

They could not afford nice things

d)

Who is Tyler

14.

Who wanted the transcontinental railroad?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Alonso James

c)

Gabe Simmons

d)

Stephen Douglass

15.

What did the Supreme Court say in it's decision?

a)

Always listen to your master or get beat

b)

Slaves must work a 20 hour day shift for 10 years straight to be free

c)

Slaves can be free only if they pay a fine

d)

No your still property, "the black man has no rights & the white man is bound with respect."

16.

Who argued for SC could "nully" the law stating that the federal government overstep it's authority?

a)

John C. Calhoun

b)

Stephen Douglass

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

George Washington

17.

What used Popular Sovereignty?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Charity's leadership

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Kansas Nebraska Act

18.

How did the US finalize free states and save states instead of doing compromises.

a)

36°60

b)

36°30 Line

c)

36°66 line

d)

46°70 line

19.

True or False. Did the the Ulysses S. Grant fight for the south

a)

True!

b)

False!

20.

True or False. Did the Constitution resolve the Civil War?

a)

False!

b)

True!

21.

Which of these people were not aboltionist?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

William Loyd Garrison

d)

Harriet Tubman