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Civil War Quiz 1

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In the South, most of the workers who picked and cleaned cotton were

a)

family of the plantation

b)

kids who lived on the plantation

c)

African American Slaves

d)

Free Slaves

2.

Abolitionist were people who want to

a)

Keep women from earning money

b)

return escaped slaves to their owners

c)

give women the right to be free of slavery

d)

end slavery in the United States

3.

By the 1850s which of these was becoming more important in the North?

a)

growing cotton

b)

mining

c)

manufacturing

d)

slaves continued to work for free

4.

Which of these happened after Abraham Lincoln was elected President?

a)

Congress passed the Missouri Compromise

b)

The Supreme Court ruled that a slave is property

c)

Violence broke out between slave owners and slaves

d)

The Confederate States were formed

5.

William Lloyd Garrison ...

a)

invented the cotton gin

b)

ended slavery in the North

c)

started a newspaper called The Liberator

d)

started a revolt with owners

6.

A slave who led a revolt against slave owners in Virginia

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Henry Clay

c)

John C. Calhoun

d)

Nat Turner

7.

Henry Clay was responsible for

a)

the revolt in Virginia

b)

The Confederate States being formed

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

the Missouri Compromise of 1820

8.

States' Right meant

a)

The Northern states were free

b)

John C. Calhoun was in charge

c)

Citizens of each state has the final say in any decision for their state

d)

The federal government decided all the laws for every state

9.

The Fugitive Slave Act meant

a)

All slaves were criminals

b)

Escaped slaves needed to be returned to their owners if found

c)

Slave Owners were breaking the law by having slaves

d)

Slaves were allowed to break the law for their freedom

10.

Cotton allowed this region to become wealthy

a)

North

b)

South

11.

Most states ended slavery

a)

North

b)

South

12.

Manufacturing was important in the

a)

North

b)

South

13.

Thousands of immigrants worked in this region

a)

North

b)

South

14.

It was a crime to teach a slave to read or write in this region

a)

North

b)

South

15.

Slave rebellions took place in the

a)

North

b)

South

16.

Even after ending slavery, prejudice against African Americans happened in this region

a)

North

b)

South

17.
The nickname given to cotton.
a)
white gold
b)
Emperor Crop
c)
Carolina Cash
d)
King Cotton
18.

Who invented the famous cotton gin in the early 20th century?

a)

Eli Whitney

b)

Eli Young

c)

Abraham Lincoln

d)

Benjamin Franklin

19.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Ohio
20.
Which of the following is NOT a condition of the Compromise of 1850?
a)
California joins as a free state.
b)
Ended selling of slaves in Washington D.C. 
c)
Maine was admitted as a free state.
d)
A new Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
21.

Why was the Fugitive Slave Act made?

a)

To capture runaway slaves.

b)

To free slaves.

c)

Return runaway slaves.

d)

Get rid of slaves.