WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War [2020]
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
How did the citizens of Texas feel about slavery?
Texas citizens were divided on the issue of slavery
Texas citizens were united in their desire to abolish slavery
Texas citizens were not interested in slavery at all, since it did not exist in Texas
NONE of these answers are correct
According to your notes packet, when does the Civil War begin?
1861
1845
1821
1836
Southern states were strongly in favor of something called "states' rights". What were "states' rights"?
the belief that the federal government should not intervene in state decisions
the belief that the federal government needed to rewrite the U.S. Constitution
the belief that the federal government should provide money to state governments
the belief that the federal government was owed taxes from each state
Part of the Compromise of 1850 included a "Fugitive Slave Law" which effected escaped slaves and freedmen in the North because -
both groups could be captured and taken to the South in chains
both groups were required to serve in the U.S. Army for at least 6 years
both groups were banished from the U.S. [many of them choosing to live in Canada]
both groups were allowed to own property in the North
Cotton production declined during the war, but increased sharply in the years after the war [leading to widespread soil exhaustion after decades of farming]. Which of these gives an explanation for the decline in cotton production during the war?
Texan farmers planted more corn and wheat to feed soldiers during the war
army uniforms were made of silk instead of cotton
European nations had begun to grow a better version of cotton
most of the slave labor used to grow cotton was being used to fight in the war
According to this chart, what was happening to the population of Texas in the years after the Civil War [1861-1865]?
the population of Texas was INCREASING
the population of Texas was DECREASING
the population of Texas DID NOT CHANGE
that information does not appear on this chart
- MISSOURI COMPROMISE
- COMPROMISE OF 1850
- KANSAS - NEBRASKA ACT
What do these three congressional acts have in common?
the possible expansion of slavery
the migration of Americans to the western territories
the right of southern states to secede
the creation of new states
What caused much of the slave population to move from the upper south to the lower south in the years before the Civil War?
the money that could be made growing more cotton
the new factories that were opened in the lower south
the earthquakes in the upper south that caused damage to the farmland there
the gold that was discovered in the lower south
Which of the following was a cause of the Civil War?
SLAVERY
STATES' RIGHTS
SECTIONALISM
ALL OF THESE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
"The [Southern] states have their status in the Union and they have no other legal status. The Union, and not themselves, procured their independence and their liberty."
"The Union is perpetual...[and] no State...can lawfully get out of the Union."
What issue is President Lincoln addressing in these two quotes?
the right of states to secede
the rights of former slaves
the right for people to own property
the rights of women in the workplace
