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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 105

Worksheet time: 1hrs 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe that showed the evils of slavery. 
a)
Harriet's Cabin
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery 
d)
State's Rights
2.
This man led a raid at Harper's Ferry to show people they could use violence to try and end slavery. 
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Jefferson Davis
c)
Robert E. Lee 
d)
John Brown
3.
The Union is the......
a)
South
b)
North
4.
The Confederacy is the.....
a)
South
b)
North
5.
Which one of  the following was NOT a cause to the Civil War?
a)
Farming
b)
Slavery
c)
State's Rights
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.

This was the main cause 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/Nullification

d)

Fort Sumter

7.
The North used what for their economy?
a)
Plantations 
b)
Factories 
c)
Slaves 
d)
Farming
8.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
9.
Abolish means to....
a)
separate
b)
get rid of
c)
make more of
d)
bring together
10.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The  South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit. 
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
11.
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
12.
This person was the president of the Confederacy. 
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
13.
This was the first battle of the Civil War?
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Chickamauga
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
14.
This was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. 
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Gettysburg
c)
Battle of Fort Sumter
d)
Battle of Chickamauga
15.
Who won the Civil War?
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
16.
What year did the Civil War begin?
a)
1860
b)
1861
c)
1862
d)
1863
17.

Where was John Brown's Raid?

a)

Montgomery, Alabama

b)

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

c)

Charleston, South Carolina

d)

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia

18.
Where was the Battle of Fort Sumter?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
South Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Virginia
19.
What parts of the United States were fighting in the Civil War?
a)
North and South
b)
North and West
c)
South and East
d)
Midwest and South
20.
Several states decided to __________ after Abraham Lincoln was elected president.
a)
secede
b)
tariffs
c)
rebel
d)
fued
21.
States located between the Union and the Confederacy.
a)
Free States
b)
Slave States
c)
Border States
d)
Sectionalism
22.
California entered the United States as a free state and the Fugitive Slave Law was passed.
a)
California Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Union Compromise of 1850
23.
States that remained loyal to the United States Government during the conflict over state's rights and slavery.
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
c)
Border States
d)
13 Colonies
24.
As a compromise, the ______________ stated that escaped slaves had to be returned to their owners.
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Slave Codes
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
State's Rights
25.
The _______________ is an organized secret system, used by abolitionist to help enslaved people.
a)
Underground Railroad
b)
Freedom Train
c)
Civil Rights Bus
d)
Libraries
26.
In the southern states, _____________ were used to control the behaviors of slaves.
a)
cruel working conditions
b)
slave codes
c)
weapons
27.
_________ was formed as several of the  states decided to secede from the North.
a)
Confederacy
b)
Union
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
State's Rights
28.
This initial agreement called the ____________ allowed there to be a balance of free states and slave states.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
State's Rights Law
29.

Person who wants to end slavery

a)

abolitionist

b)

border ruffian

c)

fugitive

d)

martyr

30.

A place to store weapons

a)

secede

b)

martyr

c)

artillery

d)

arsenal

31.

A person who is running away from someone or something

a)

martyr

b)

border ruffian

c)

abolitionist

d)

fugitive

32.

A person who dies to support a cause

a)

martyr

b)

border ruffian

c)

abolitionist

d)

fugitive

33.

The people rule, or make decisions, as a whole

a)

secede

b)

popular sovereignty

c)

martyr

d)

popular opinion

34.

To withdraw or leave

a)

secede

b)

martyr

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

fugitive

35.
The 36*30 line was established as a part of the
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
John Brown's Raid
36.
The Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in which of the following?
a)
Dredd Scott Decision
b)
violence in Kansas
c)
John Brown's Raid
d)
Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860
37.
The most controversial part of the Compromise of 1850 was 
a)
the establishment of the Underground Railroad
b)
the Fugitive Slave Act
c)
California's admission to the Union as a free state
d)
Slavery's status in New Mexico subject to popular sovereignty
38.
Which of the following is the best summation of popular sovereignty?
a)
complete abolition
b)
gradual emancipation
c)
letting voters decide whether to have slaves or not
39.
How did the Mexican American War contribute to the division between North and South?
a)
Many northerners volunteered with the Mexican army during the war
b)
Southerner's sought to add new slave territory to the union through the war
c)
The Mexican American war was started to protect slavery in Southern states.
40.
In his raid on Harper Ferry, Virginia in 1859, John Brown intended to
a)
force Virginia to secede from the Union
b)
start a massive slave rebellion/ escape
c)
destroy weapons that had fallen into the hands of rebelling slaves
41.
Which of the following was associated with "putting a deathly fear in Southern society. Everywhere masters went, they saw a rebellion in the shadows"
a)
Preston Brooks
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Nat Turner
42.
The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850...
a)
forced slave owners to capture their own runaway slaves
b)
forced all people in the United States to help catch runaway slaves
c)
got rid of slavery in the North
d)
allowed runaway slaves to settle in New York
43.
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would the remaining territory from the Mexican Cession be decided?
a)
The Senate would vote
b)
The House of Representatives would vote
c)
The President would vote
d)
Popular sovereignty
44.
The breaking of the United States into regions of common economies, populations and values was called...
a)
compromise
b)
secession
c)
states' rights
d)
sectionalism
45.
How did the book Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe help cause the Civil War?
a)
Made North mad
b)
Made South mad
c)
Made North and South mad at each other
d)
Made everyone happy
46.
Who won the election of 1860?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Abe Lincoln
c)
John Bell
d)
John Breckinridge
47.
What did Kansas-Nebraska Act Cause?
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Fugitive Slave Act
d)
General Order 11
48.
What did the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case mean?
a)
Federal law officials must enforce the return of all escaped slaves to their owners.
b)
The Constitution considers slaves property and says people can do with their property what they want to.
c)
The federal and state governments could limit property rights.
d)
The Constitution says slaves receive limited rights because they only count as 3/5 a person.
49.

Which state was given the nickname "Bleeding" after pro and anti-slavery forces flooded the region and fought each other in bloody conflict?

a)

Oklahoma

b)

Nebraska

c)

California

d)

Kansas

50.

Which of the following were true about Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

It was a book written about the horrors of slavery and emphasized the separation of families

b)

Southerners claimed the book was very truthful in it's account of slavery

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote the book and 300,000 were sold the first year

d)

Lincoln credited the author with starting the Civil War

e)

The book helped change the minds of many to oppose slavery

51.

What was the immediate effect of Lincoln being elected to the Presidency?

a)

The Free Soil Party was formed

b)

Slave owners freed their slaves

c)

Northerners created a federally funded underground railroad

d)

South Carolina leaves the Union/secedes

52.

Which state was the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Mississippi

53.
Name for the altruists/reformers who worked to end slavery
a)
Railroad conductors
b)
Slavery enders
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Puritans
54.
Abolitionist who used violence in attempt to end slavery
a)
John Brown
b)
John Smith
c)
John C. Calhoun
d)
Elihu Embree
55.
Allowed California to enter as a free state and it broke the Missouri Compromise
a)
Scott vs. Sanford
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Northwest Ordinance
56.
Supreme Court case involving the legality of slavery, citizenship rights, and congress' power to outlaw slavery
a)
Marbury vs. Madison
b)
Gibbons vs. Ogden
c)
McCulloch vs. Maryland
d)
Scott vs. Stanford
57.
What was the name of the Southern Country after secession?
a)
Confederates
b)
Dixies
c)
Union
d)
Yankees
58.
Which side was fighting to preserve slavery during the Civil War?
a)
South
b)
North
59.
Where did Southerners want to expand slavery during the early 1800s?
a)
North
b)
West
c)
East
d)
South
60.
What was the final event that caused secession of the Southern states?
a)
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry
b)
election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860
c)
Compromise of 1850
61.
This said all blacks were NOT US citizens
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
62.

Who is the slave or former slave that took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?

a)

Stephen Douglas

b)

Plessy Ferguson

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Fredrick Douglas

63.
According to the Taney Supreme Court decision, slaves can never be what?
a)
Citizens
b)
Landowners
c)
Paid
d)
Bought
64.
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
b)
Kansas became a slave state
c)
Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
d)
Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
65.

In the Missouri Compromise...

a)

Maine and California joined the union as free states.

b)

Missouri and Maine got to choose whether to be slave states or free states.

c)

Missouri joined the union as a slave state, but Maine was admitted as a free state.

d)

Arkansas became a slave state

66.

Who did John Brown support in Kansas?

a)

Pro-slavery forces

b)

Bleeding-Kansas

c)

Anti-Slavery forces

d)

The Free-soiler party

67.

What was the Dred Scott case and what was its lasting impact on American society?

a)

The Supreme Court ruled that Dred Scott was a free man and slavery was outlawed (made illegal), ending the institution of slavery in the United States

b)

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves should be allowed to decide their own fate and slavery was slowed down, starting the slow process of freeing slaves

c)

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were property with no rights and that the government couldn’t restrict the property rights of slave owners, making it impossible to stop the spread of slavery

d)

The Supreme Court ruled that slaves would only be considered free if they were currently living in a free state, not affecting american society at all

68.
What economic activities occurred in the Southern part of the U.S.?
a)
The cultivation of cotton
b)
The creation of textiles
c)
The mining of precious minerals
d)
The production of food
69.
What economic activities occurred in the Northern part of the U.S.?
a)
The cultivation of cotton
b)
The creation of textiles
c)
The mining of precious minerals
d)
The care of cattle
70.
Which through off the balance between free and slave states when they applied to join the Union in 1849?
a)
Nebraska
b)
Kansas
c)
California
d)
Oregon
71.
After being captured John Brown was....
a)
Shot Immediately
b)
Hung
c)
Stabbed
d)
Released 
72.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
73.
This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
74.

True or False: The North's economy was agriculture like cotton.

a)

True

b)

False

75.
What are textiles?
a)
Cotton
b)
Fabric
c)
Printers
d)
Books
76.
A Civil War is...
a)
a battle between people from the same country
b)
a domestic dispute
c)
a war between people from the same country
d)
a war between civilians
77.
What was John Brown's goal at Harpers Ferry?
a)
to capture the US arsenal
b)
to burn down the town
c)
to kill lots of people
d)
to live there
78.

What did the North want?

a)

The North wanted more slaves

b)

The North wanted to stop slavery

c)

The North wanted to increase the demand in slave labor

d)

The North wanted more factories

79.

What did Eli Whitney invent?

a)

The cotton gin

b)

The railroad

c)

The telegraph

d)

The automobile

80.

When you compromise:

a)

both sides lose

b)

both sides give up a little bit of what they want to come to an agreement

c)

1 side wins and 1 side loses

d)

an agreement is NOT reached

81.

What was a cause of the Civil War

a)

state's rights

b)

slavery

c)

sectionalism

d)

All of the above

82.

Which side wanted low tariffs on imported goods?

a)

slaves

b)

North

c)

Union

d)

South

83.

What is the term used to describe the separation of a state from a nation?

a)

sectionalism

b)

leaving

c)

secession

d)

partitioning

84.
Which one caused a major support for the abolitionist movement?
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Seneca Falls Convention
c)
Hudson River School
d)
Common Sense
85.
What economic activities occurred in the Western part of the U.S.?
a)
The cultivation of cotton
b)
The creation of textiles
c)
The mining of precious minerals
d)
The production of food
86.
Which item below temporarily relieved sectional tensions?
a)
The Fugitive Slave Act
b)
The Missouri Compromise
c)
The Wilmot Provisio
d)
John Brown's Raid on Harper's Ferry
87.
Which item below established the guidelines for the orderly expansion of the US territories?
a)
The Northwest Ordinance
b)
The Southwest Ordinance
c)
The Embargo Act of 1807
d)
The Missouri Compromise
88.
Why are some Northerners against slavery? 
a)
#1- Because they think slavery is morally wrong.
b)
#2- Because they think that slavery takes away their economic opportunities in new states.
c)
Both #1 and #2
d)
Neither #1 or #2
89.
Where was the Missouri Compromise line?
a)
36-30 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
b)
46-40 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
c)
56-50 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
d)
66-60 degrees north in the Louisiana Purchase
90.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North the most?
a)
Allowing California in as a free state
b)
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC
c)
using popular sovereignty to decide Utah and New Mexico
d)
the stricter Fugitive Slave Act
91.

How did the Dred Scott case push the nation closer to the Civil War? Choose 2 answers.

a)

Supreme Court ruled slaves were personal property

b)

Supreme Court ruled that slavery was illegal

c)

Supreme Court ruled slavery could not be stopped in territories

d)

Supreme Court ruled that the number of slaves owned by one person would be limited.

92.

Which 2 issues below were considered part of the State's Rights controversy?

a)

Native American Removal

b)

Nullification Crisis when the southern states refused to pay import tariffs

c)

Election of 1860 results

d)

Slavery

93.

Choose 3 ways the South attempted to control slaves.

a)

Denial of religion

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Physical Punishment

d)

Return passage to Africa

e)

Fugitive Slave Laws

94.

What is the time period before the Civil War called?

a)

Pre-Civil War

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Antebellum

d)

Constitutional

95.

How did Westward Expansion fuel unrest in the South regarding the legality of slavery?

a)

as people moved West, Congress had to determine if states would be free or slave states

b)

people moved West and major fights over land made surrounding states nervous

c)

people fought over land during the California Gold Rush

d)

as people moved west, Native Americans were removed and it upset anti-slavery supporters.

96.

Why did the Southern states secede after the Election of 1860?

a)

They could no longer support the federal government and their abuse of the Native Americans

b)

The Southern Democrat candidate, John Breckinridge was assassinated

c)

They felt they needed to take a stand against high tariffs in Great Britain

d)

They were afraid Lincoln would abolish slavery and threaten their economies

97.

Which Supreme Court case had the BIGGEST impact on slaves in the United States?

a)

Marbury v. Madison (1803)

b)

Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)

c)

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

d)

Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)

98.
Which of these inventions resulted in Southern farmers buying slaves in record numbers?
a)
cotton gin
b)
assembly line
c)
steam engine
d)
spinning jenny
99.
-California enters the US as a free state
-Slave trade banned in Washington D.C. 
-Fugitive Slave Act 
-UT and NM territories are opened to slavery by popular sovereignty 
What congressional compromise is outlined above?
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Kansas Nebraska Act 
c)
The Missouri Compromise 
d)
The Dred Scott Decision 
100.
This law allows the residents of these states to vote on whether or not to allow slavery. It led to violence. 
a)
The Compromise of 1850
b)
The Kansas Nebraska Act 
c)
The Missouri Compromise 
d)
The Dred Scott Decision 
101.

Which section of the country was pro-tariff?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

Mexico

102.

Who was probably the best "conductor" on the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

b)

Susan B. Anthony

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

Dixie Chicks

103.

The period of time after the Civil War was known as________.

a)

Construction

b)

Reconstruction

c)

Antebellum

d)

Post War

104.

Which section of the country had "king cotton"?

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

d)

Moon

105.

This slave led a slave rebellion in 1831 that killed over 200 whites. It terrified the southern plantation owners.

a)

Matt Taylor

b)

Marcus Aurelius

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Nate Smith

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