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WorksheetsPre-Civil War Review
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Why did plantation owners in the South believe they needed slavery?
The slave owners wanted to educate and take care of the enslaved people.
The slave owners wanted to feel more important.
The slave owners wanted to make more money through the labor of the enslaved people.
Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?
Slavery
Foreign invasion
immigration
taxes
What was Sojourner Truth most likely seeking to promote through her speeches?
Access to farmland
free private schools
equality for all
the creation of labor unions
What made Angelina and Sarah Grimke unique among abolitionists?
They were both from the north.
They had first-hand experience with slavery in the South
They earned graduate degrees in African Studies at the University of Georgia.
They were women.
In 1859, this abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start a slave revolt:
Robert E. Lee
William L. Garrison
John Brown
Frederick Douglas
An abolitionist is a person who
is in favor of slavery.
is in favor of going to war.
is greatly opposed to slavery.
is greatly opposed to going to war.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote an anti-slavery book called ________________________ that inspired many people to join the movement to end slavery.
The Life of a Slave
The Liberator
Quilt Maker
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The economy of the North was based on
industry
agriculture
mining
computer technology
The economy of the South was based on
industry
agriculture
mining
computer technology
This law said that Americans could NOT help runaway slaves hiding in the North:
Missouri Compromise
Kansas Nebraska Act
Dred Scott case
Fugitive Slave Act
This event said Congress could not prohibit (stop) slavery anywhere in the United States:
Missouri Compromise
Kansas Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Dred Scott Case
