WorksheetsRoad to the Civil War
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 20mins
What are States' Rights?
States get to make their own decisions
States make the decisions for other states
The federal government makes all the decisions
States have the right to leave the union
Why did the people of South Carolina feel they needed to defend their way of life?
They felt their plantations were going to be burned down.
They depended on the labor of independent farmers and this was being threatened.
They were no longer able to grow cotton and had to find a new cash crop.
They depended on slave labor and they were afraid this would be outlawed.
Why was the underground railroad not as successful in South Carolina as other areas?
South Carolina did not have slavery.
South Carolina was too far from the norther border.
South Carolina had freed their slaves.
The underground railroad was just a myth.
Abolitionists wanted to...
Spread slavery into western territories.
End slavery in the north only.
End slavery in the entire country.
Spread slavery to other countries.
What were the name of the famous abolitionist sisters in South Carolina?
The Lincoln sisters
The Grimke sisters
The Tubman sisters
The Olson sisters
South Carolina was the ________ state to secede from the Union.
second
only
last
first
Where was the Secession Convention held?
Charleston
Atlanta
Columbia
Charlotte
What happened at the Secession Convention?
South Carolina decided to secede from the Union.
South Carolina decided to free their slaves.
South Carolina decided to expand westward.
South Carolina decided to surrender to the north.
Who was one of the most influential conductors on the Underground Railroad, bringing over 300 slaves to freedom?
Sarah Grimke
Abraham Lincoln
Clara Barton
Harriet Tubman
When the Revolutionary War ended, Northern states began passing laws that...
ended slavery in the entire country
freed slaves in the northern states
expanded slavery into the western territories
freed slaves in the southern states
When the southern states seceded, what did they call their new country?
Confederate Union of America
Confederate States of America
The United States of America
New Great Britian
Abraham Lincoln wanted to...
free all of the slaves in the country
put slave masters in prison
make all new states slave states
make all new states free states
What is one reason South Carolina decided to secede from the Union?
Northern states refused to trade with South Carolina
The union was placing unfair taxes on their goods
South Carolina felt their states' rights were being violated
South Carolina did not want George Washington elected president
What was the name of the new president in the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Davis
Jefferson Davis
Thomas Edison
What was the name of the new president in the Confederacy?
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Thomas
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson Davis
What state was the first to "secede" the Union?
Florida
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
What caused the troops to begin fighting?
Confederate troops opened fire on Fort Sumter
Union troops captured the leader of the Confederate troops
Shots were fired at the troops in Charleston
Which crop did South Carolina most rely on to exchange for war supplies?
indigo
cotton
tobacco
How did the Union put a great hardship on South Carolina?
By blockading the port of Charleston
By leaving South Carolina without any soldiers to fight the battle
By taking away their only way of protecting themselves
Why did the Confederacy develop the H. L. Hunley?
To be able to spy on the Union troops
To break the blockade and to sink an enemy warship
To be able to travel faster through the ocean
