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WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
Secession is:
The act of withdrawing membership from a larger group
Rights of citizens to political and social equality and freedom
The action of ending a system or practice
The different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and political values of the North, and South
Abolition is:
The act of withdrawing membership from a larger group
Rights of citizens to political and social equality and freedom
The action of ending a system or practice
The different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and political values of the North, and South
Sectionalism is:
The act of withdrawing membership from a larger group
Rights of citizens to political and social equality and freedom
The action of ending a system or practice
The different lifestyles, social structures, customs, and political values of the North, and South
Check all that were part of the Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
Abolition of Slavery
California admitted as a free state
Annexation of Texas
Slave trade banned in Washington DC
The first two political parties were:
Socialist and Green Party
Democratic and Republican
Federalist and Democratic Republican
Whig and Democratic
True or False: Southern states favored strong state governments over a strong central government.
True
False
Most historians agree that this was the main cause of the Civil War:
States Rights
Slavery
Taxes
Westward Expansion
True or false: The north was more agrarian while the south was more industrial.
True
False
Nullification is:
The action of ending a system or practice
The removal of Native Americans from the Ohio River Valley
The central government's ability to remove states from the union
The idea that states could declare a federal law "null and void" if they felt it violated the Constitution.
WHY WAS SAM HOUSTON SUPPORTIVE OF THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS TO THE U.S.?
"So far as I am concerned….I am determined upon immediate annexation of Texas to the United States...Mexico might make a cause of war, and inflict violence upon us. It might be time before proper aid from the United States would be available for our defense against this...I have no desire to see war renewed again in Texas, to save Texas from more bloodshed, we must annex ourselves to the United States..."
He wanted the support of the United States to defend Texas from a potential war with Mexico.
He knew it would benefit the economy in Texas
He wanted Texas to declare independence from Mexico
He wanted to use the size and power of Texas to help abolitionists in the United States
WHY WAS HENRY CLAY OPPOSED TO THE ANNEXATION OF TEXAS?
“Pennsylvania has to fight against the dishonest annexation of Texas, the extension of representation and slavery to a foreign people brought into our union to weigh down the free state votes of the north in congress, giving a larger voice to slaveholders …to annex Texas would imbalance congress and violate the compromises we have worked so hard to make...”
He didn't want slave states to overpower free states in Congress
He didn't want conflict with Mexico
He was worried the U.S. economy wasn't strong enough to support the addition of Texas
He didn't like Texas
What did the Missouri Compromise do?
Abolished slavery
Drew a line along the southern border of Missouri and declared that all states above the line would be free states, and those below would be slave states.
Created a new amendment that required an even number of anti-slavery and pro-slavery representatives in Congress for
Finalized the annexation of Missouri
People who worked to end slavery were called _____.
abolitionists
southerners
cartridges
blockades
Popular Sovereignty was the idea that
slavery would be banned in all future states.
the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.
the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.
slavery would be allowed in every future state.
