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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first state to secede after the Election of 1860?

a)

Alabama

b)

Florida

c)

Mississippi

d)

South Carolina

2.

An American who opposes immigration is called a ___________.

a)

communist

b)

patriot

c)

nativist

d)

Republican

3.

What event led to large-scale migration from the Ireland and Britain in the mid-1840s?

a)

British Civil War

b)

The War of the Roses

c)

Irish Potato Famine

d)

Holocaust

4.

What caused California to grow in population so quickly that it was ready for statehood in 1849?

a)

The American Civil War

b)

The Gold Rush

c)

The Mexican-American War

d)

European immigration

5.

What was the concept that people living in a territory or state would vote on whether to allow slavery?

a)

abolitionism

b)

manifest destiny

c)

popular sovereignty

d)

transcendentalism

6.

Who led the Pottawatomie Massacre to get revenge on slaveholders in Kansas?

a)

John Brown

b)

Charles Sumner

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Harriet Tubman

7.

What Kansas town was sacked and burned by pro-slavery border ruffians?

a)

Kansas City

b)

Topeka

c)

Lawrence

d)

Abilene

8.

What law put harsh penalties in place for assisting a slave in escaping?

a)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

b)

Fugitive Slave Act

c)

Dred Scott decision

d)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

9.

What slave sued his owner in the Supreme Court, arguing that by being brought into free states by his owner he had been set free?

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

10.

Which of the following effectively eliminated Congress's power to limit slavery?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Scott v. Sandford

d)

Marbury v. Madison

11.

According to the Dred Scott decision, no one who was a slave or had descended from a slave could be a citizen.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Where was the arsenal that John Brown tried to capture?

a)

Harper's Ferry, Virginia

b)

Lawrence, Kansas

c)

Pottawatomie Creek, Arkansas

d)

Charleston, South Carolina

13.

What party was founded to either limit or eliminate slavery?

a)

Democratic Party

b)

Know-Nothing Party

c)

Republican Party

d)

Whig Party

14.

Who was elected in the presidential election of 1856?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Fillmore

15.

Who was elected in the presidential election of 1852?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Fillmore

16.

Who was elected in the presidential election of 1860?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Fillmore

17.

Which of the following was never elected president?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Fillmore

18.

Who was the first member of the Republican Party to be elected president?

a)

John C. Fremont

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Zachary Taylor

19.

Which president was bullied by Stephen Douglas into signing the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin Pierce

c)

James Buchanan

d)

Millard Fillmore

20.

Who came up with the Missouri Compromise of 1820?

a)

Daniel Webster

b)

James Polk

c)

Henry Clay

d)

John Quincy Adams

21.

Who developed the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Henry Clay

b)

Millard Fillmore

c)

Roger Taney

d)

Abraham Lincoln

22.

What problem was the Compromise of 1850 intended to solve?

a)

The admittance of California to the union as a free state

b)

The citizenship status of slaves

c)

The end of the slave trade

23.
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
24.
10. WHICH ACT UPSET THE BALANCE BETWEEN SLAVE AND FREE STATES?
a)
COMPROMISE OF 1820
b)
KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT
c)
COMPROMISE OF 1850
25.
This law said Americans could NOT help runaway slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
26.
This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
27.
This law allowed slavery to expand in the West through popular sovereignty.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
28.
One Congressional leader beat up another Congressional leader until his cane broke.  Violence spread among the most "civilized" Americans (AKA: Congress).
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Sumner and Brooks
d)
Dred Scott Case
29.
This said all blacks were NOT US citizens
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
30.
This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
31.
This event said Congress could not prohibit (stop) slavery anywhere in the United States.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
32.

The result of the Dred Scott decision was that (select all correct answers)

a)

slaves are property, not citizens

b)

slaves are free if living in a free state

c)

slavery can be outlawed in the territories

d)

slavery can spread anywhere (North or South)

33.
Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Democrat Party
d)
Election of 1852
34.

This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

The Constitution

d)

Lincoln/Douglas Debates

35.
The Compromise of 1850 allowed certain territories to use___________________________ to determine whether the territory would be free or slave.  This decision applied to much of the land gained from the the U.S. Mexican War.
a)
Three Fifths Compromise
b)
Raiding
c)
Popular sovereignty 
d)
Secession
36.

What was the Compromise of 1850? Select all that apply.

a)

California would enter the Union as a free state.

b)

Texas would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.

c)

The Fugitive Slave Law was passed

d)

The slave trade would end in the nation’s capital.

37.

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

a)

radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

b)

a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

c)

a pro-slavery Senator

d)

a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

38.

What was John Brown's master plan?

a)

To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

b)

To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

c)

To get Abraham Lincoln elected

d)

To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion

39.
What event caused Kansas to be known as “Bleeding Kansas?”
a)
John Brown's attempts to take over United States arsenals
b)
Tension between Nebraskans and Kansans over the border
c)
Fighting between free soilers and pro-slavery supporters
d)
Murders of runaway slaves on the western prairie
40.

Although John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt to challenge the institution of slavery, the raid resulted in

a)

A compromise between the North and South over the question of slavery

b)

A decrease in slavery's influence in the South

c)

Further tensions between Northern and Southern states over the issues of slavery and state's rights

d)

The demand for more rights for slaves and free blacks

41.
Missouri joined as a slave state and Maine joined as a free state
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Bleeding Missouri
c)
Fugitive Slave Law
d)
Missouri Compromise
42.
The proposed bill that stated that slavery would be banned in all lands the U.S. received from Mexico
a)
Mexican Cession
b)
Manifest Destiny
c)
Westward Expansion
d)
Wilmot Proviso
43.
Would allow popular sovereignty to decide slavery issue in Western Territories.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
44.
Would not interfere with slavery in the South
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
c)
Both Lincoln and Douglas
45.
Opposed to slavery in the Western Territories
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen Douglas
46.
Abraham Lincoln was a popular person in the South and was elected President with their votes.  
a)
True
b)
False
47.
Missouri was a state that had slaves, but stayed with the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Jefferson Davis became President of the Confederate States of America
a)
True
b)
False
49.
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Collins in South Carolina
a)
True
b)
False
50.
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas & Mississippi were part of the Confederacy
a)
True
b)
False
51.

In 1854 - anti-slavery Whigs and Democrats, Free Soilers and reformers from the Northwest met and formed this party in order to keep slavery out of the territories

a)

Constitutional Union Party

b)

Northern Democrats

c)

Southern Democrats

d)

Republican

52.

He and his followers (his sons and others) killed five men in the pro slavery settlement of Pottawatomie Creek.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John Brown

c)

Dred Scott

d)

John Bell

53.

(1850) a law that made it a crime to help runaway slaves; allowed for the arrest of escaped slaves in areas where slavery was illegal and required their return to slaveholders, punishment up to 6 months in jail and a $1000 fine

a)

Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

54.

Supreme Court case which ruled that slaves are not citizens but are property, affirmed that property cannot be interfered with by Congress, slaves do not become free if they travel to free territories or states, fueled abolitionist movement, hailed as victory for the south

a)

Harper's Ferry

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Dred Scott

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

55.

Lincoln, the Republican candidate, won because the Democratic party in the South was split over slavery. As a result, the South no longer felt like it has a voice in politics and a number of states seceded from the Union. Zero people in the South voted for Lincoln.

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Dred Scott Case

d)

Election of 1860

56.

Formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

Secession

d)

Abolition

57.

Chief Justice that ruled in the Dred Scott Case

a)

Roger B. Taney

b)

John Brown

c)

John Bell

d)

Robert E. Lee

58.

Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole

a)

Secession

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Abolitionism

d)

Appeal

59.

Nickname for the violence in Kansas

a)

Howling Kansas

b)

Wounded Kansas

c)

Bleeding Kansas

d)

Bloody Kansas

60.

Southern Democrat who ran for president in 1860

a)

John Bell

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John C. Breckinridge

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

61.

Presidential candidate of the Constitutional Union Party. He drew votes away from the Democrats, helping Lincoln win.

a)

John Bell

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

John C. Breckinridge

d)

Stephen A. Douglas

62.

Northernmost slave states that stayed in the Union (did not secede with the South) are known as ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

63.

Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri are ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

64.

California, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin were ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

65.

Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia were ___.

a)

Union States

b)

Union Border States

c)

Confederate States

66.

Which map shows the Union?

a)
b)
c)
67.

Which map shows the Union Border States?

a)
b)
c)
68.

Which map shows the Confederate States?

a)
b)
c)
69.

Click all that apply

a)

Georgia

b)

Alabama

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

70.

Click all that apply

a)

Kansas

b)

Nebraska

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

71.

Click all that apply

a)

Indiana

b)

Illinois

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

72.
a)

Alabama

b)

Georgia

c)

Mississippi

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

73.
a)

Wyoming

b)

California

c)

Oregon

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

74.
a)

Maryland

b)

West Virginia

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

75.
a)

Missouri

b)

Arkansas

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

76.
a)

Tennessee

b)

Kentucky

c)

Border State

d)

Union

e)

Confederate

77.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Connecticut
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Maryland
78.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Nebraska
b)
North Carolina
c)
South Carolina
d)
Georgia
79.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Michigan
b)
Minnesota
c)
Wisconsin
d)
Montana
80.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Florida
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
South Carolina
81.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Delaware
c)
Connecticut
d)
New Hampshire
82.

Name the state that is colored red

a)

New York

b)

Connecticut

c)

Delaware

d)

Massachusetts

83.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Connecticut
b)
California
c)
Nevada
d)
Texas
84.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Virginia
d)
Ohio
85.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Kansas
b)
Missouri
c)
Arkansas
d)
Louisiana
86.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Virginia
b)
West Virginia
c)
North Carolina
d)
Florida

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