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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What cause of the Civil War can be defined as "Rivalry based on the special interests of different areas"?

a)

Popular sovereignty

b)

Sectionalism

c)

Nullification

d)

Temperance

2.

Who did the North fear the government was controlled by?

a)

Seminole tribes attempting to resettle

b)

Southern abolitionists

c)

Midwestern fur traders

d)

Rich Southern plantation owners

3.

How many stars were on the Confederate flag?

a)

11

b)

12

c)

13

d)

14

4.

Who, along with his followers, killed his master and his family on August 21, 1831?

a)

John Brown

b)

Nat Turner

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

Alexander Betts

5.

What term can be defined as "Laws that denied enslaved Africans most of their rights"?

a)

Slave codes

b)

Jim Crow Laws

c)

Denials of a slave

d)

Slave resistance

6.

Who invented the Cotton Gin?

a)

Samuel Slater

b)

Eli Whitney

c)

Robert Fulton

d)

Samuel Morse

7.

I personally raised tensions between the North and South with my fiery declarations against slavery and my weekly newspaper, the Liberator.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Frederick Douglass

c)

William Lloyd Garrison

d)

John Brown

8.

Which act mandated harsh penalties for those who assisted runaway slaves?

a)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

b)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1852

c)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1849

d)

Fugitive Slave Act of 1851

9.

In the "Fugitive Slave Act" video, how much money did a Federal Magistrate receive to rule someone a slave?

a)

$20

b)

$10

c)

$5

d)

$15

10.

I was the South Carolina Senator who warned that the South would secede if Northern-sponsored anti-slavery measures continued

a)

Robert Hayne

b)

William Preston

c)

Daniel Huger

d)

John Calhoun

11.

Who is the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin'?

a)

William Lloyd Garrison

b)

Walt Whitman

c)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

d)

Henry David Thoreau

12.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was the second leading selling book of the century behind what book?

a)

The New England Primer

b)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

c)

The Scarlet Letter

d)

The Bible

13.

When Harriet Beecher Stowe was younger, which state was the first slave state she visited?

a)

Kentucky

b)

North Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

Virginia

14.

How much money was offered for the capture of Harriet Tubman?

a)

$30,000

b)

$35,000

c)

$40,000

d)

$45,000

15.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was also known by a less popular name, what was it?

a)

Life Among the Lowly

b)

The Life of a Slave

c)

Redemption for the Abolitionists

d)

Death of a Great Slave

16.

I escaped from slavery in 1838 and also published an anti-slavery newspaper called The North Star.....who was I?

a)

Henry "Box" Brown

b)

Dred Scott

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

Frederick Douglass

17.

What were the people called who hid runaway slaves?

a)

Overseers

b)

Emancipators

c)

Abolitionists

d)

Conductors

18.

Who helped guide slaves to freedom in Canada?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Henry Clay

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

19.

During my time as a slave, my master moved to a free state. I later sued for my freedom....who am I?

a)

William Craft

b)

Robert Smalls

c)

Henry "Box" Brown

d)

Dred Scott

20.

Who was the Supreme Court Chief Justice who declared African Americans, free or slave, were not citizens of the U.S.A.?

a)

John Marshall

b)

Roger Taney

c)

Salmon Chase

d)

Oliver Ellsworth

21.

I am well known for joining my 5 sons and we murdered 5 pro-slavery settlers. I later invaded Harpers Ferry.....who am I?

a)

David Walker

b)

Henry Garnet

c)

James Buchanan

d)

John Brown

22.

When Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 Election, how many Electoral Votes did he win?

a)

162

b)

173

c)

180

d)

186

23.

In the painting "Tragic Prelude" in the slide "Mural at the Kansas State Capitol", what natural disaster is depicted in the background?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Earthquake

c)

Tsunami

d)

Tornado

24.

Which of the 4 candidates in the 1860 Election wanted to avoid the issue of slavery altogether?

a)

John Bell

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

John Breckinridge

d)

Stephen Douglas

25.

The Election of 1860 had 2 Democratic (1 Northern and 1 Southern) candidates, 1 Republican candidate, and 1 from what other party?

a)

Constitutional Union Party

b)

Whig Party

c)

Libertarian Party

d)

Green Party