WorksheetsCauses of Civil War & Secession
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 25mins
Which word describes the 'way of life' in the North?
Rural
Agriclutural
Country
Urban
What product did the South sell to foreign countries like Great Britain?
Sugar
Finished or manufactured goods
Cotton
Vanilla
Which area favored tariffs? (Because it made goods brought from other countries more expensive and encouraged people to buy goods made in the USA)
North
South
East
West
Which word best describes the 'way of life' in the South?
Manufacturing
Cold
Agricultural
Anti-slavery
Each state should be able to decide their issues for themselves and the National Government should not interfere.
slavery
state's rights
secede
Gettysburg
A tax on imported goods was called a ______________. The south did not like this.
states' right
tariff
farce
Union
What was the Confederacy?
Country of 11 southern states that seceded from the Union during the American Civil War
Rights/Powers given to the states by the U.S. Constitution
Someone who supports the Union but lives in the South
The United Stats of America
What is it called when states should have the power to decide whether or not they follow national policy/laws?
urban
tariff
state rights
rural
The Fugitive Slave Law did what?
Made it a crime to be a slave
Made being an abolitionist a crime
Required northerners to assist in sending fugitive (runaway) slaves back to the South
Made slaves that ran away to Canada free and middle class
Which section of the country had manufacturing and factories in cities and towns?
West
North
East
South
The Southern States started to quit, or secede from the United States as soon as _________________ was elected President.
James Madison
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
These states were called border states: Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia because
they allowed slavery, but stayed in the Union
they were free states that seceded
they were neither free nor slave states
they formed a 3rd country called: Border States of America
Which of the below groups were southern states that seceded and formed the Confederate States of America?
Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, & Virginia
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia & Maryland
New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island
California and Texas
