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Causes of Civil War #1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blanks: Only a very small percentage of ____1_____ owned ______2_____.

a)

1-southerners, 2-slaves

b)

1-southerners, 2-property

c)

1-slaves, 2-cotton

d)

1-slaves, 2-property

2.

Fill in the blanks: Its supporters felt it was an _____1______ issue, not a moral issue.

a)

1.economic

b)

1.government

c)

1.civilization

d)

1.cotton

3.

Fill in the blanks; Many of the people who disagreed with it still felt that abolishing it would destroy the Southern _____1________.

a)

1.economy

b)

1.government

c)

1.life

d)

1.churches

4.

Fill in the blanks: In the Deep South slavery provided the labor for cotton, ___1_____, and rice plantations.

a)

1.sugar

b)

1.cotton

c)

1.rice

d)

1.indigo

5.

Fill in the blanks: Slaves had no political _____1_____.

a)

1.rights

b)

1.money

c)

1.property

d)

1.influence

6.

Fill in the Blanks: According to the _____1_______ Scott decision in 1857 (Supreme Court Ruling), slaves were ____2_____ and, therefore, not citizens.

a)

1-Dred, 2-property

b)

1-William, 2-property

c)

1-Scott, 2-human

d)

1-Scott, 2-Property

7.

Fill in the blanks: The _____1______ movement began the Revolutionary era, partially in response to the inhumane treatment of ____2_____.

a)

1-abolitionist, 2-slaves

b)

1-revolution, 2-slaves

c)

1-revolution, 2-southerners

d)

1-abolitionist, 2-southerners

8.

Fill in the blanks: The movement in the late 1700s concentrated on freeing the slaves a a ___1____ act.

a)

1-humane

b)

1-charitable

c)

1-forgiving

d)

1-brotherly

9.

Fill in the blanks: Abolitionists published _____1____ publications including pamphlets and ____2_____.

a)

1-anti-slavery, 2-newspapers

b)

1-revolutionary, 2-newspapers

c)

1-civil war, 2-newspapers

d)

1-manifest destiny, 2-newspapers

10.

Fill in the blanks: The North-economy based on ___1___. Used ___2___ labor.

a)

1-industry, 2-immigrant

b)

1-agrarian, 2-slave

c)

1-industry, 2-slave

d)

1-agrarian, 2-immigrant

11.

Fill in the blanks: The South-economy based on ___1___. Used ___2___ labor.

a)

1-agriculture, 2-slavery

b)

1-agriculture, 2-immigrants

c)

1-industry, 2-immigrants

d)

1-industry, 2-slaves

12.

Fill in the blanks: The tariffs helped the ___1___ not the South. Tariffs increased the ___2___ on imported goods.

a)

1-North, 2-cost

b)

1-East, 2-coupon

c)

1-West, 2-cost

d)

1-South, 2-coupon

13.

Belief that it is more important to focus on your area than the nation as a whole.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Protective Tariff

c)

Manifest Destiny

14.

Taxes placed on imported goods that the north supported to allow people to buy manufactured goods from their factories.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Protective Tariff

c)

Due Process

15.

Abolition is the ending of __________?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Slavery

c)

War