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Road to Civil War_Kennedy Junior

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the main cause of the Civil War?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Slavery

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

The Mexican-American War

2.

Which region wanted to expand slavery?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

Mexico

d)

Kansas

3.

Which region wanted to contain slavery?

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

Mexico

d)

Kansas

4.

One main difference between the North and the South is:

a)

The North has more factories than the South

b)

The South has more factories than the North

c)

The North has a longer growing season than the South

d)

The South hired women to work on plantations

5.

A person who runs away from an obligation, such as a slave from their owner:

a)

Driver

b)

Fugitive

c)

Conductor

d)

Zagger

6.

A person who worked to end slavery.

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Radical

d)

Fredrick Douglass

7.

This was passed in 1854 and led to bloody battles between pro- and anti-slavery forces in a US territory as they raced to outvote the other side?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Dred Scott Case

8.

The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law was to

a)

prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials

b)

prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings

c)

require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs

d)

require the return of runaway slave to their owners

9.

In the Kansas-Nebraska Act ______________ was used to decide the slavery issue.

a)

voting (popular sovereignty)

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

states' rights

d)

secession

10.

The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

d)

Mississippi

11.

Sympathy for escaped slaves grew with the publication of this book by Harriet Beecher Stowe:

a)

Huck Finn

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

New Roman Bible

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

12.

Review Question: Women had all of the rights below except which one?

a)

The right to vote

b)

The right to get custody of their children

c)

The right to divorce

d)

They did not have any of these rights.

13.

Review Question: This was a movement from East to West as part of man's god-given right to own land from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.

a)

The Great Expansion

b)

Oregon Fever

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

The Monroe Doctrine

14.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Kentucky

c)

Maine

d)

Ohio

15.

The idea of popular sovereignty is shown in ___________________.

a)

Civil War

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Kansas Nebraska Act

d)

Constitution

16.

California was admitted to the Union as a free state, the New Mexico and Utah territories were organized using popular sovereignty, the slave trade was abolished in Washington DC, and a new and more effective fugitive slave law was enacted under with compromise?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Crittenden Compromise

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Compromise of 1877

17.

Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory

b)

Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

c)

Residents could vote on the issue of slavery

d)

Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska

18.

Which of the following lead to bloodshed in Kansas?

a)

Border Ruffians vote in Missouri

b)

supporters and antislavery groups rushed to Nebraska to vote

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Three rival state governments exist in Kansas

19.

Which abolitionist wrote speeches about their experiences as a slave & an autobiography?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Lucretia Mott

20.

Which abolitionist was a conductor of the Underground Railroad?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Angelina Grimke

21.

Which abolitionist rescued around 3,000 slaves to freedom?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Lucretia Mott

22.

Which abolitionist owned a newspaper that called on individuals to support the abolitionist movement?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

Angelina Grimke

23.

Which abolitionist boycotted products of slavery?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Lucretia Mott

d)

Emilia Grimke

24.

Review Question: Which invention contributed to the expansion of slavery in the South?

a)

mechanical reaper

b)

cotton gin

c)

steam boat

d)

interchangeable parts

25.

What secret organization helped slaves escape to freedom?

a)

Seneca Falls Convention

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

National Freedom Road

d)

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

26.

The abolitionists worked to

a)

give women the right to vote.

b)

make slavery popular in every state.

c)

grow as much cotton as possible.

d)

put an end to slavery.

27.

Which of the following was a slave state?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Maine

c)

Georgia

d)

West Virginia

28.

T/F: Texas was a free state because of the 36th parallel.

a)

True

b)

False