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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison are examples of

a)

Supreme Court Justices

b)

abolitionists

c)

governors in slave states

d)

the other 3 presidential candidates in the election of 1860

2.

Most goods were made in the

a)

North

b)

South

3.

Which describes WHY the ways of life in the North and South were so different? (hint: remember your science weather terms!)

a)

weather

b)

soil quality

c)

hills/mountains

d)

climate

4.

Who organized and led the raid at Harper's Ferry?

a)

Uncle Tom

b)

Jefferson Douglass

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

5.

What is the term that means "to withdraw from the union"?

a)

succeed

b)

secede

c)

engage

d)

respond

6.

What was formed by the states which seceded from the Union?

a)

Confederacy

b)

Texas

c)

Conspiracy

d)

Unification

7.

The region where most crops were grown:

a)

the North.

b)

the South.

8.

Most Immigrants worked...

a)

in the North.

b)

in the South.

9.

Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?

a)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Uncle Tom

d)

Frederick Douglass

10.

Where were plantations located for the most part?

a)

North

b)

South

11.

What was a result of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Slavery was not allowed north of the state of Missouri.

b)

Slavery was allowed north of the state of Missouri.

c)

Missouri would leave the union.

d)

The south half of Missouri would have slaves.

12.

What part of the Compromise of 1850 did slave owners like the best?

a)

Slave Codes

b)

Laws governing slaves

c)

Fugitive Slave Laws

d)

Plantation Codes

13.

Where were most factories located?

a)

North

b)

South

14.

What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?

a)

Losing their land

b)

Losing slavery

c)

Losing their families

d)

Losing their crops

15.

Which 2 happened because of the raid on Harper's Ferry?

a)

Ammunition was only stored on Army bases.

b)

The North and South were divided further.

c)

It showed that people were willing to fight for the end of slavery.

d)

Many plantation owners freed their slaves.