WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison are examples of
Supreme Court Justices
abolitionists
governors in slave states
the other 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1860
Most goods were made in the
North
South
Which describes WHY the ways of life in the North and South were so different? (hint: remember your science weather terms!)
weather
soil quality
hills/mountains
climate
Who organized and led the raid at Harper's Ferry?
Uncle Tom
Jefferson Douglass
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
What is the term that means "to withdraw from the union"?
succeed
secede
engage
respond
What was formed by the states which seceded from the Union?
Confederacy
Texas
Conspiracy
Unification
The region where most crops were grown:
the North.
the South.
Most Immigrants worked...
in the North.
in the South.
Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom
Frederick Douglass
Where were plantations located for the most part?
North
South
What was a result of the Missouri Compromise?
Slavery was not allowed north of the state of Missouri.
Slavery was allowed north of the state of Missouri.
Missouri would leave the union.
The south half of Missouri would have slaves.
What part of the Compromise of 1850 did slave owners like the best?
Slave Codes
Laws governing slaves
Fugitive Slave Laws
Plantation Codes
Where were most factories located?
North
South
What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?
Losing their land
Losing slavery
Losing their families
Losing their crops
Which 2 happened because of the raid on Harper's Ferry?
Ammunition was only stored on Army bases.
The North and South were divided further.
It showed that people were willing to fight for the end of slavery.
Many plantation owners freed their slaves.
