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The Beanbody Histories: The Civil War, Part 1: Seeds of Conf

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The American Civil War began in 1861.

a)

true

b)

false

2.

Antebellum means "against war."

a)

true

b)

false

3.

One of the most important features of the North before the Civil War was slavery.

a)

true

b)

false

4.

Slaves who didn't obey their masters were severely punished.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Yankee abolitionists _____________________.

a)

lived in the South.

b)

lived in the North and supported slavery in the South.

c)

wanted to abolish slavery.

d)

none of the above.

6.

William Lloyd Garrison _______________________________.

a)

was a slave master.

b)

published "The Liberator."

c)

was an abolitionist.

d)

b. and c.

7.

In the North, Antebellum America was ___________________.

a)

sending people to Europe

b)

growing at a furious pace

c)

losing factories to the south because of labor strife

d)

none of the above

8.

The Compromise of 1850 said that ________________________.

a)

California would become a slave state.

b)

Missouri would become a free state.

c)

Federal officers could return runaway slaves to the South.

d)

Slaves could stay in the North if they lived there for one year.

9.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

a)

Harpers Ferry, VA

b)

Military officer

c)

President

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

e)

The Liberator newspaper

10.

William Lloyd Garrison

a)

Harpers Ferry, VA

b)

Military officer

c)

President

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

e)

The Liberator newspaper

11.

John Brown

a)

Harpers Ferry, VA

b)

Military officer

c)

President

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

e)

The Liberator newspaper

12.

Robert E. Lee

a)

Harpers Ferry, VA

b)

Military officer

c)

President

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

e)

The Liberator newspaper

13.

James Buchanan

a)

Harpers Ferry, VA

b)

Military officer

c)

President

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

e)

The Liberator newspaper

14.

Most immigrants who came to America in the antebellum period were from

a)

South America

b)

Eastern Europe

c)

Western Europe

d)

Asia