WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
What cause of the Civil War can be defined as "Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas"?
Popular sovereignty
Sectionalism
Nullification
Temperance
Who did the North fear the government was controlled by?
Seminole tribes attempting to resettle
Southern abolitionists
Midwestern fur traders
Rich Southern plantation owners
How many stars were on the Confederate flag?
11
12
13
14
Who, along with his followers, killed his master and his family on August 21, 1831?
John Brown
Nat Turner
Stephen A. Douglas
Alexander Betts
What term can be defined as "Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights"?
Slave codes
Jim Crow Laws
Denials of a slave
Slave resistance
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
Samuel Slater
Eli Whitney
Robert Fulton
Samuel Morse
I personally raised tensions between the North and South with my fiery declarations against slavery and my weekly newspaper, the Liberator.
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
John Brown
Which act mandated harsh penalties for those who assisted runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Fugitive Slave Act of 1852
Fugitive Slave Act of 1849
Fugitive Slave Act of 1851
In the "Fugitive Slave Act" video, how much money did a Federal Magistrate receive to rule someone a slave?
$20
$10
$5
$15
I was the South Carolina Senator who warned that the South would secede if Northern-sponsored anti-slavery measures continued
Robert Hayne
William Preston
Daniel Huger
John Calhoun
Who is the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin'?
William Lloyd Garrison
Walt Whitman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Henry David Thoreau
Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second leading selling book of the century behind what book?
The New England Primer
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Scarlet Letter
The Bible
When Harriet Beecher Stowe was younger, which state was the first slave state she visited?
Kentucky
North Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
How much money was offered for the capture of Harriet Tubman?
$30,000
$35,000
$40,000
$45,000
Uncle Tom's Cabin was also known by a less popular name, what was it?
Life Among the Lowly
The Life of a Slave
Redemption for the Abolitionists
Death of a Great Slave
I escaped from slavery in 1838 and also published an anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star.....who was I?
Henry "Box" Brown
Dred Scott
Stephen Douglas
Frederick Douglass
What were the people called who hid runaway slaves?
Overseers
Emancipators
Abolitionists
Conductors
Who helped guide slaves to freedom in Canada?
Abraham Lincoln
Harriet Tubman
Henry Clay
Ulysses S. Grant
During my time as a slave, my master moved to a free state. I later sued for my freedom....who am I?
William Craft
Robert Smalls
Henry "Box" Brown
Dred Scott
Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who declared African Americans, free or slave, were not citizens of the U.S.A.?
John Marshall
Roger Taney
Salmon Chase
Oliver Ellsworth
I am well known for joining my 5 sons and we murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers. I later invaded Harpers Ferry.....who am I?
David Walker
Henry Garnet
James Buchanan
John Brown
When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Election, how many Electoral Votes did he win?
162
173
180
186
In the painting "Tragic Prelude" in the slide "Mural at the Kansas State Capitol", what natural disaster is depicted in the background?
Hurricane
Earthquake
Tsunami
Tornado
Which of the 4 candidates in the 1860 Election wanted to avoid the issue of slavery altogether?
John Bell
Abraham Lincoln
John Breckinridge
Stephen Douglas
The Election of 1860 had 2 Democratic (1 Northern and 1 Southern) candidates, 1 Republican candidate, and 1 from what other party?
Constitutional Union Party
Whig Party
Libertarian Party
Green Party
