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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which one of these states seceded from the union?
Pennsylvania
California
Florida
West Virginia
True or False: The blue states on the map represent the confederate states.
True
False
Choose the three states from this list that were part of the Union.
Maine
Alabama
Kentucky
Lousiana
Delaware
The union was the....
North
South
The Confederacy was the...
North
South
States in the South believed
That slavery should be outlawed.
They were better.
They should have the right to decide their own laws.
They were French.
Who threatened to leave the Union after President Lincoln was elected?
Southern States
Northern States
Hawaii
Great Britain
The first state to secede from the Union was
Canada
North Carolina
Arkansas
South Carolina
What was the Underground Railroad?
A train that took people to freedom.
A tunnel where people could buy slaves.
A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.
A home where Harriet Tubman grew up.
What name was given to Southern states that didn't secede?
Red States
Border States
Free States
Blue States
States that DID NOT allow slavery
free states
slave states
States that DID allow slavery and practice it.
slave states
free states
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?
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise 1820
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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.
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise 1820
Compromise of 1850
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a slave state?
Missouri
Maine
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
Missouri
Maine
The south believed...
the federal government should have more power than the state government.
the state government should have more power than the federal government.
In the south...
most people lived in cities and worked in factories.
most people lived on plantations or farms.
In the north...
most people lived in cities and worked in factories.
most people lived on plantations or farms.
