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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Loyalty to your state or region over the country as a whole was one cause of the Civil War known as
a)
Slavery
b)
Secession
c)
Sectionalism
2.
This cause was both a political and moral issue and led to additional causes of the war.
a)
Secession
b)
Slavery
c)
Sectionalism
3.
The North was industrial or manufacturing, and the South was
a)
Agricultural
b)
Architectural
c)
Astrological
4.
Taxes on imported goods are called
a)
Income Tax
b)
Tariffs
c)
Revenue
5.
The election of _____________ led the South to secede because they believed the Republicans would end their way of life.
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
6.
Tariffs were beneficial (good) for the 
a)
South.
b)
North.
c)
West.
7.
How did slavery influence Texas to enter the Civil War?
a)
Most Texans thought that their economy couldn't survive without slavery.
b)
Most Texans fought to end slavery.
c)
Most Texans owned slaves and didn't want to lose their property.
8.
People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it
a)
abolitionists 
b)
habeas corpus
c)
state's rights
d)
secede
9.
Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law
a)
fugitive 
b)
slave state
c)
free state
d)
state's rights
10.
To leave, or quit, a group or union
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
sectionalism
d)
habeas corpus
11.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
12.
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. 
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise 1820
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision 
13.

Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?

a)

Missouri Compromise of 1820

b)

Compromise of 1850

c)

Henry Clay Treaty

d)

Lincoln Agreement

14.

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Red Kansas

c)

Civil War I

d)

Missouri Compromise Conflict

15.

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

Ernest Hemingway

16.

This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement

a)

Uncle Ben's Cabin

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Uncle Terry's Cabin

d)

Uncle Hank's Cabin

17.

When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?

a)

Southern slave states

b)

The balance of power in Congress

c)

Northern Free States

d)

Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies

18.
Where were most of the cities in the 1850s?
a)
North
b)
South
c)
East
d)
West
19.
What did slaves use to escape to Freedom?
a)
The Anaconda Plan
b)
The Oregon Trail
c)
The Union Express Railroad
d)
The Underground Railroad
20.
What was life like for FREE African Americans?
a)
They lived in fear of losing their freedom.
b)
The lived the same as white citizens.
c)
They lived as paid slaves.
d)
They received many benefits 

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