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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
WHICH DOES NOT BELONG TO THE COMPROMISE OF 1820
a)
MAINE WAS A FREE STATE
b)
MISSOURI WAS A SLAVE STATE
c)
CALIFORNIA WAS A SLAVE STATE
d)
NO SLAVERY ABOVE 36 30 LINE
2.

WHICH ACT LET PEOPLE CHOOSE IF THEY WANTED SLAVERY IN THE REST OF THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY.

a)
COMPROMISE OF 1820
b)
COMPROMISE OF 1850
c)
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
3.
WHAT POLITICAL PARTY WAS CREATED TO END SLAVERY?
a)
DEMOCRATIC
b)
REPUBLICAN
c)
WHIGS
d)
FREEDOM
4.

This law sparked years of violence in the Midwest (1854-1859)

a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
5.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

6.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

7.

Which of the following was not part of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California admitted as free state

b)

New Mexico and Utah territories would vote on issues of slavery

c)

US agreed to stay out of foreign affairs

d)

The passing of the Fugitive Slave Law

8.

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

Ernest Hemingway

9.

What political party was Lincoln a member of?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Democratic-Republicans

10.

How did tariffs on imports play a role in dividing the north and south?

a)

North wanted tariffs to protect American industry and the south opposed tariffs on their farm goods

b)

South wanted tariffs to keep away European food imports and the north opposed on their raw materials

11.
This was the main cause that caused the South to secede because they said they did not have to follow the Federal laws 
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
State's Rights
d)
Fort Sumter
12.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
13.
This was one of the main causes that led to the Civil War. The North did not want this and the South did. The  South depended on this for their economy and to make a profit. 
a)
State's Rights
b)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
c)
Slavery
d)
John Brown's Raid
14.

What maintained the balance between the number of free states and slave states in the Senate?

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Sectionalism

c)

McCulloch vs Maryland

d)

Compromise of 1850

15.

Which of the following were the Causes of the Civil War? (Select ALL that apply)

a)

States' Right

b)

Boston Massacre

c)

Sectionalism

d)

Slavery

16.

"This government cannot endure permanently, half-slave & half-free. A house divided against itself cannot stand."

a)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

b)

Gettysburg Address

c)

Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address

d)

Washington's Farewell Address

17.

Violence broke out between abolitionists & pro-slavery settlers in which event?

a)

The Nullification Crisis

b)

The passing of the Fugitive Slave Act

c)

The admission of California as a free state

d)

Bleeding Kansas

18.

In the 1800s, both Slaves & Free Blacks were not allowed to -

a)

carry weapons

b)

attend public school

c)

vote, or testify in court

d)

learn to read & write

19.

California became a Free State & the Slave Trade in Washington, D.C. ended in the -

a)

Compromise Of 1850

b)

Great Compromise

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

Reform Era

20.
Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
a)
Nationalism
b)
Sectionalism
c)
Popular Sovereignty
d)
Secession
21.
Who is the slave or former slave that lost his case, then won his case, then lost his case and then took his case all the way to the Federal Supreme Court and lost his case trying to gain his freedom?
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Plessy Ferguson
c)
Dred Scott
d)
Fredrick Douglas
22.
In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...
a)
avoided controversy by ruling that Dred Scott had no right to sue in federal court.
b)
ruled that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories because slaves were private property.
c)
ruled that slaves could sue in federal court only if their masters allowed them to do so.
d)
ruled that a slave that had been transported to a free state or territory was a free citizen of the Untied States.
23.
Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?
a)
the north
b)
the south
c)
the west
d)
Alaska
24.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
a)
Missouri
b)
Maine
c)
Kentucky
d)
Alabama
25.
Who came up with the idea of the Missouri Compromise?  
a)
James Monroe
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Henry Clay
26.
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1820
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Compromise of 1850
27.
What occurred as a result of the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a)
All abolitionist groups and freed slaves left Kansas
b)
Kansas became a slave state
c)
Border ruffians invaded and took control of Nebraska
d)
Bloody conflicts broke out in Kansas between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups
28.
South Carolina Senator - advocate for state's rights, limited government, and nullification
a)
John C. Calhoun
b)
Frederick Douglas
c)
James Farmer
d)
Henry Clay

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