WorksheetsNorth vs. South: Differences and Causes of the Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What did the Wilmot Proviso outline?
Slavery in the new territory added after the war with Mexico
No slavery in the new territory added after the war with Mexico
No slavery above 36, 30 North parallel line
Slavery in the North
The North's economy was mainly based on what?
Tourism
Agriculture: Cash crops like cotton and indigo
Agriculture: Food crops like wheat and corn
Industry and Trade
The South's economy was mainly based on what?
Tourism
Agriculture: Cash crops like cotton and indigo
Agriculture: Food crops like wheat and corn
Industry and Trade
This region had more railways and rivers that connected cities.
North
West
South
Midwest
The Industrial Revolution was a time of innovations and inventions that made work easier. The cotton gin helped which region?
North
West
South
Midwest
The Industrial Revolution was a time of innovations and inventions that made work easier. The steel plow helped which region?
North
West
South
Midwest
The Industrial Revolution was a time of innovations and inventions that made work easier. The steamboat and steam locomotive helped which region?
North
West
South
Midwest
The Compromise of 1850 added which state as a free state?
Nevada
Georgia
Alaska
California
The Compromise of 1850 said that Congress would do what about slavery in territories?
not make any new laws about slavery
ban slavery north of the 36 degree North parallel
ban slavery in all territory
keep slavery where it already was
The Compromise of 1850 banned Slave Trade in this city.
Washington D.C.
Boston
New York City
Atlanta
The Compromise of 1850 also added this law to help Southern slave owners collect their runaway slaves.
Runaway Slave Act
Missing Slave Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Return Slave Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act explained how states would become either free or slave states. Which of the descriptions is correct?
Representatives from the territories would vote and decide.
The people living in the territory would vote and decide.
Governors of the territories would vote and decide.
A coin would be flipped. Heads = free and tails = slave.
Because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, many proslavery and anti-slavery groups began moving to the new territories which lead to what?
Fighting breaking out in the territories that would be called "Bleeding Kansas"
More free states being added to the Union (United States)
More slave states being added to the Union (United States)
Fighting breaking out in the territories that would be called "Bleeding Nebraska"
The Dred Scott Case was important because the Supreme Court ruled what? (Choose all of the correct answers)
Dred Scott was property and could not sue for his freedom.
Dred Scott would become free since his master died in land where slavery was banned.
Laws that banned slavery were unconstitutional.
Laws that banned slavery were constitutional.
This man was an abolitionist who lead attacks against proslavery groups. He was a hero in the North and a villian in the South.
Stephen Douglas
Nat Turner
David Wilmot
John Brown
This political party was created to stop slavery from spreading into new territories.
Free Soil Party
Free Land Party
Free People Party
Freedom Party
Population in the North increased because of what?
increased numbers of runaway slaves
urbanization
increased immigration
low death rates
