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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which one of these states seceded from the union?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

California

c)

Florida

d)

West Virginia

2.

True or False: The blue states on the map represent the confederate states.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Choose the three states from this list that were part of the Union.

a)

Maine

b)

Alabama

c)

Kentucky

d)

Lousiana

e)

Delaware

4.

The union was the....

a)

North

b)

South

5.

The Confederacy was the...

a)

North

b)

South

6.

States in the South believed

a)

That slavery should be outlawed.

b)

They were better.

c)

They should have the right to decide their own laws.

d)

They were French.

7.

Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?

a)

Southern States

b)

Northern States

c)

Hawaii

d)

Great Britain

8.

The first state to secede from the Union was

a)

Canada

b)

North Carolina

c)

Arkansas

d)

South Carolina

9.
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
10.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

A train that took people to freedom.

b)

A tunnel where people could buy slaves.

c)

A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.

d)

A home where Harriet Tubman grew up.

11.
The North used what for their economy?
a)
Plantations 
b)
Factories 
c)
Slaves 
d)
Farming
12.
Secede means to.....
a)
join
b)
get rid of
c)
come together
d)
seperate
13.
Abolish means to....
a)
separate
b)
get rid of
c)
make more of
d)
bring together
14.
This person was the president of the United States during the Civil War?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
15.
This person was the president of the Confederacy. 
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Ulysses S. Grant
c)
Abraham Lincoln
d)
Robert E. Lee
16.
This was the first battle of the Civil War?
a)
Battle of Bull Run
b)
Battle of Chickamauga
c)
Battle of Gettysburg
d)
Battle of Fort Sumter
17.
What woman led escaped slaves to freedom using the Underground Railroad?
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Clara Barton
c)
Harriet Tubman
d)
Mary Lincoln
18.

What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?

a)

Red States

b)

Border States

c)

Free States

d)

Blue States

19.
What is an abolitionist?
a)
A person against slavery
b)
A person who is a slave
c)
A person for slavery
d)
A person who owns slaves
20.

States that DID NOT allow slavery

a)

free states

b)

slave states

21.

States that DID allow slavery and practice it.

a)

slave states

b)

free states

22.

California was admitted into the Union, Utah and New Mexico were able to choose (free or slave state) and settled border disputes from war with Mexico because of which compromise?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Missouri Compromise 1820

c)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

23.

This compromise 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

24.

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

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

25.

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

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

26.

The south believed...

a)

the federal government should have more power than the state government.

b)

the state government should have more power than the federal government.

27.

In the south...

a)

most people lived in cities and worked in factories.

b)

most people lived on plantations or farms.

28.

In the north...

a)

most people lived in cities and worked in factories.

b)

most people lived on plantations or farms.