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(7.4) Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Localism

c)

Partiality

d)

Provincialism

2.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

3.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

4.

Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves

a)

Fugitive Immigrant Law

b)

Runaway Slave Clause

c)

Fugitive Slave Law

d)

Property Abandonment Clause

5.

Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Henry Clay Treaty

d)

Lincoln Agreement

6.

When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?

a)

Southern slave states

b)

The balance of power in Congress

c)

Northern Free States

d)

Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies

7.

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

8.
People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it
a)
abolitionists 
b)
habeas corpus
c)
state's rights
d)
secede
9.
Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law
a)
fugitive 
b)
slave state
c)
free state
d)
state's rights
10.
States that DID NOT allow slavery 
a)
free states
b)
slave states
c)
sectionalism
d)
state's rights
11.
States that DID allow slavery and practice it. 
a)
slave states
b)
free states
c)
sectionalism
d)
state's rights
12.
States have individual rights outside of the ones in the federal government
a)
state's rights
b)
sectionalism
c)
free state
d)
slave state
13.
To leave, or quit, a group or union
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
sectionalism
d)
habeas corpus
14.
Split the Nebraska Territory into the states of Kansas and Nebraska, where they also got to choose whether to be a free or slave states... causing conflict within the states. 
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise 1820
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
15.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
16.
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
17.
Popular sovereignty & Bleeding Kansas happened as a result of this
a)
Lincoln-Nebraska Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Harper's Ferry Act
d)
Missouri-Kansas Act
18.
Loyalty to your state or region over the country as a whole was one cause of the Civil War known as
a)
Slavery
b)
Secession
c)
Sectionalism
19.
This cause was both a political and moral issue and led to additional causes of the war.
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Sectionalism
20.
Taxes on imported goods are called
a)
Income Tax
b)
Tariffs
c)
Revenue
21.
Tariffs were beneficial (good) for the 
a)
South.
b)
North.
c)
West.
22.
A person who wanted to end slavery
a)
Secession
b)
Abolitionist
c)
Fugitive
d)
Southerner
23.
Before the Civil War, the North was:
a)
Weak
b)
Anti-Slavery
c)
Pro-Slavery
d)
The Confederates
24.
Southerners fought in the Civil War to protect their
a)
2nd Amendment Rights
b)
State's Rights
c)
Voting Rights
25.

Which is an example of SECTIONALISM?

a)

People from the North and South flying American flags.

b)

People from the North and West opposing slavery.

c)

Industries in the North supported tariffs and Southerns opposed them.

d)

People in the West voting on whether or not to permit slavery in their state.

26.

As the United States fulfilled Manifest Destiny, expanding from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean, what issue divided the nation?

a)

Slavery expansion

b)

Agricultural expansion

27.

As the south continued to argue for the necessity of slavery, who spoke of slavery as, “not an evil, but a positive good?”

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

John C. Calhoun

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

28.

What threatened the balance of power between slave-holding and free- states?

a)

Tariffs

b)

Federalism

c)

New territories in the west applying for statehood

d)

Missouri Compromise

29.

1. The North and South’s goals and desires became more and more separated as the North’s economy flourished and the South’s began to stall led to the rise of sectionalism.

What was the main cause of the economic differences between North and South?

a)

Mercantilism

b)

Tariff system

c)

Regional geography

d)

Both Tariffs and regional geography

30.

Which of the following were peaceful attempts to a solution for the pro & anti-slavery debates?

a)

Popular Sovereignty

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

d)

All of the above