WorksheetsRoad to Civil War_Kennedy Junior
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
What was the main cause of the Civil War?
Bleeding Kansas
Slavery
Manifest Destiny
The Mexican-American War
Which region wanted to expand slavery?
The North
The South
Mexico
Kansas
Which region wanted to contain slavery?
The North
The South
Mexico
Kansas
One main difference between the North and the South is:
The North has more factories than the South
The South has more factories than the North
The North has a longer growing season than the South
The South hired women to work on plantations
A person who runs away from an obligation, such as a slave from their owner:
Driver
Fugitive
Conductor
Zagger
A person who worked to end slavery.
Harriet Tubman
Abolitionist
Radical
Fredrick Douglass
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?
Missouri Compromise
Kansas Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott Case
The purpose of the Fugitive Slave Law was to
prevent slaves from testifying against whites in court trials
prevent slaves from having group gatherings or meetings
require slaves to have citizenship papers in order to obtain jobs
require the return of runaway slave to their owners
In the Kansas-Nebraska Act ______________ was used to decide the slavery issue.
voting (popular sovereignty)
Fugitive Slave Law
states' rights
secession
The first state to leave the Union after the Election of 1860 was...
South Carolina
Georgia
North Carolina
Mississippi
Sympathy for escaped slaves grew with the publication of this book by Harriet Beecher Stowe:
Huck Finn
Bleeding Kansas
New Roman Bible
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Review Question: Women had all of the rights below except which one?
The right to vote
The right to get custody of their children
The right to divorce
They did not have any of these rights.
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.
The Great Expansion
Oregon Fever
Manifest Destiny
The Monroe Doctrine
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
Missouri
Kentucky
Maine
Ohio
The idea of popular sovereignty is shown in ___________________.
Civil War
Wilmot Proviso
Kansas Nebraska Act
Constitution
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?
Missouri Compromise
Crittenden Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1877
Which of the following was one of the effects of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Kansas and Nebraska were united into one territory
Banned slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
Residents could vote on the issue of slavery
Allowed slavery in both Kansas and Nebraska
Which of the following lead to bloodshed in Kansas?
Border Ruffians vote in Missouri
supporters and antislavery groups rushed to Nebraska to vote
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Three rival state governments exist in Kansas
Which abolitionist wrote speeches about their experiences as a slave & an autobiography?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Lucretia Mott
Which abolitionist was a conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
Which abolitionist rescued around 3,000 slaves to freedom?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Lucretia Mott
Which abolitionist owned a newspaper that called on individuals to support the abolitionist movement?
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Angelina Grimke
Which abolitionist boycotted products of slavery?
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Lucretia Mott
Emilia Grimke
Review Question: Which invention contributed to the expansion of slavery in the South?
mechanical reaper
cotton gin
steam boat
interchangeable parts
What secret organization helped slaves escape to freedom?
Seneca Falls Convention
Underground Railroad
National Freedom Road
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The abolitionists worked to
give women the right to vote.
make slavery popular in every state.
grow as much cotton as possible.
put an end to slavery.
Which of the following was a slave state?
New Jersey
Maine
Georgia
West Virginia
T/F: Texas was a free state because of the 36th parallel.
True
False
