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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
What was the overarching cause that created all the historical events that led to the Civil War?
Slavery
States' rights
Southern secession
Northern aggression
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Zachary Taylor
Henry Clay
In 1820, as the U.S. added territories west of the Mississippi, the Missouri Compromise temporarily eased tension between free & slave states by stating territory...
North of the 36th parallel is free & south is slave.
North of the 36th parallel is lave & south is free.
North of the 38th parallel is free & south is slave.
North of the 38th parallel is slave & south is free.
To ease tension in Congress over the expansion of slavery, the Missouri Compromise added _____ as a slave state and _____ as a free state.
Missouri; Nebraska
Maine; Missouri
Nebraska; Missouri
Missouri; Maine
Which book sold hundreds of thousands of copies, was banned in the South, & turned many people into abolitionists?
The Bible
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Lincoln's Essays
Harriet Tubman's Autobiography
What did the idea of popular sovereignty mean as it related to the expansion of slavery?
Voting in new territories/states on whether to allow slavery.
Voting only for abolitionist candidates in new territories/states.
Voting only for pro-slavery candidates in new territories/states.
Boycotting the vote in elections taking place in slave states.
This law repealed the Missouri Compromise & let new territories to vote on whether or not to allow slavery.
The Great Compromise Act
Compromise of 1850 Act
Dred Scott Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Pro & anti slavery supporters interfered in which western territory's elections on whether or not to allow slavery.
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
The tension and violence between pro-slavery & anti-slavery groups in Kansas was called...
"Crazy" Kansas
"Murdering" Kansas
"Bleeding" Kansas
"Killing" Kansas
What best summarizes the decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
Slaves should be considered citizens and thus not property.
All slaves should be free in all states.
Slaves were classified as property and thus not citizens/free.
Slaves could only be citizens, and thus free, in free states.
In 1858, this helped Lincoln gain popularity in free states as a politician so he could eventually run for president in 1860.
His essays on the Dred Scott Decision.
His speech at the 1858 Republican Convention.
His speeches at the Lincoln & Douglas Debates.
His active role in "Bleeding" Kansas.
In the 1858 Lincoln/Douglas Debates, Lincoln said, "there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights in the Declaration of Independence--the right of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." How would Lincoln's views be seen by Americans, especially Southerners, at the time?
Definitely pro-slavery
Definitely anti-slavery
Slightly pro-slavery
Slightly anti-slavery.
Who did abolitionists view as a hero & slave owners a terrorist for trying to lead an armed revolt to free slave in 1859?
John Brown
Fredrick Douglas
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
To supporters of slavery in the South, the sympathy for John Brown in the North was proof that...
The North was split on whether or not to oppose slavery.
The North was wiling to support the use of violence to end slavery.
The North was against the spread of slavery to western territory.
The North was unsure about what to do about slavery.
Due to his _________ beliefs, the election of __________ as president in 1860 caused Southern states to threaten _________.
Anti-slavery; Lincoln; secede
Pro-slavery; Bell; secede
Anti-slavery; Douglas; concede
Pro-slavery; Lincoln; concede
In the election of 1860, Lincoln won a majority of the Electoral College votes and became president by...
Winning an equal number of free and slave states.
Winning all the free states and no slave states.
Winning mostly free states and some slave states.
Winning all the slave states and no free states.
Which terms means "to break away or withdraw from an organization"?
Concede
Annex
Secede
Succeed
Which state became the first to secede from the Union?
Texas
Georgia
Virginia
South Carolina
South Carolina & other southern states seceded from the United States in order to...
Protect states' rights.
Keep the right to own slaves.
Reduce tension between North & South.
Keep tariffs on cotton low.
As slave states seceded from the United States (Union), they established a new nation called...
The Slave States of America (The SSA)
The United Southern States (The USS)
The Confederate States of America (The Confederacy)
The League of Southern States (The LSS)
What is important about Ft. Sumter, South Carolina?
John Brown was executed there.
It was the site of the first battle in the Civil War.
It became the capital of the Confederacy.
It was the biggest battle of the Civil War.
Which factor was the root cause why southern states seceded to form the Confederacy & start the Civil War?
They believed in states' rights.
They did not want to pay the costs of high tariffs on cash crops.
Too much tension & fighting between North & South.
They wanted to keep slavery & feared Lincoln would end it.
