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Pre-Civil War Review

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did plantation owners in the South believe they needed slavery?

a)

The slave owners wanted to educate and take care of the enslaved people.

b)

The slave owners wanted to feel more important.

c)

The slave owners wanted to make more money through the labor of the enslaved people.

2.

Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

Foreign invasion

c)

immigration

d)

taxes

3.

What was Sojourner Truth most likely seeking to promote through her speeches?

a)

Access to farmland

b)

free private schools

c)

equality for all

d)

the creation of labor unions

4.

What made Angelina and Sarah Grimke unique among abolitionists?

a)

They were both from the north.

b)

They had first-hand experience with slavery in the South

c)

They earned graduate degrees in African Studies at the University of Georgia.

d)

They were women.

5.

In 1859, this abolitionist raided Harper's Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to start a slave revolt:

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

William L. Garrison

c)

John Brown

d)

Frederick Douglas

6.

An abolitionist is a person who

a)

is in favor of slavery.

b)

is in favor of going to war.

c)

is greatly opposed to slavery.

d)

is greatly opposed to going to war.

7.

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote an anti-slavery book called ________________________ that inspired many people to join the movement to end slavery.

a)

The Life of a Slave

b)

The Liberator

c)

Quilt Maker

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

8.

The economy of the North was based on

a)

industry

b)

agriculture

c)

mining

d)

computer technology

9.

The economy of the South was based on

a)

industry

b)

agriculture

c)

mining

d)

computer technology

10.

This law said that Americans could NOT help runaway slaves hiding in the North:

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Dred Scott case

d)

Fugitive Slave Act

11.

This event said Congress could not prohibit (stop) slavery anywhere in the United States:

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Dred Scott Case