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WorksheetsCivil War Quiz
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which two men died on the same 4th of July?
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
Eli Whitney and Fredrick Douglas
George Washington had slaves.
George Washington wanted slavery to spread.
Thomas Jefferson had slaves.
Thomas Jefferson was against slavery.
Eli Whitney was famous for
inventing the cotton gin
inventing the cotton mill
writing a newspaper against slavery
writing a book for slavery
The Missouri Compromise
created a line with free states to the north and slave states to the south.
allowed Missouri to become a state if it outlawed slavery.
divided the Missouri Territory into the states of Missouri and Illinois.
allowed there to be more slave states then free states.
People in the south
mostly lived on farms
mostly lived in cities
hated slavery and worked to obliterate it
wrote books and newspapers about slavery
People in the north
lived in cities
often worked in factories
were often against slavery
lived on plantations
What was Samuel Slater famous for?
He memorized the parts of the cotton mill and made one in America.
He wrote a newspaper and gave speeches against slavery.
He invented the cotton gin.
He was a conductor on the Underground Railroad.
Who was Harriett Beecher Stowe?
the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad
a civil war nurse
the author of an abolitionist newspaper
What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act do?
repealed the Missouri Compromise and created the states of Kansas and Nebraska
Solved the problem of slavery by making a law that declared that all new states would be free
made the north all free states
made all of the new Louisiana Territory free lands
What is an abolitionist?
someone who wants to obliterate slavery right away
someone who wants to expand slavery into the north
someone who fights for slavery
someone who has slaves but frees them when they die
What jobs did Lincoln have
lawyer
store owner
politician
teacher
doctor
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that
slavery was illegal everywhere
slaves were property, and Congress could not take away a person's right to his property by passing a law.
the Compromise of 1850 was against the Constitution and was abolished
Dred Scott was a free man because he lived in a free state
Which man led the attack on the U.S. government arsenal at Harpers Ferry, in the hope of giving guns to slaves?
John Brown
Stephan A. Douglas
Frederick Douglass
Andrew Johnson
Who was the president of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Davis Jefferson
Robert E. Lee
Stephen A. Douglas
