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WorksheetsCauses of the American Civil War Review
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which section of America relied on Industry and Manufacturing as their economic base in the year 1850?
North
South
West
Before the Missouri Compromise (1820) were there more slave states, or free states in the Union?
More Slave States
More Free States
There was an equal number of slave and free states, 11 each in the year 1819.
Check all the states that allowed slavery in the year 1850.
New York
Alabama
Texas
California
Missouri
Which of the following best describes an abolitionist in 19th Century America?
A growing number of white, middle class citizens who were opposed to slavery
Wealthy southerners who favored the spread of slavery
Northern politicians who wanted to fulfill America's Manifest Destiny
I like turtles...
Which state is labeled number 7 on the map of the United States of America?
Virginia
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Which state is labeled number 1 on the map of the United States of America?
Mississippi
Missouri
Kansas
Alabama
Which state is labeled number 8 on the map of the United States of America?
Connecticut
New York
Indiana
Maine
Which map is labeled number 9 on the map of the United States of America?
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Which of the following were part of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted to the Union as a free state
Popular sovereignty was allowed in Utah & New Mexico Territories
Slave trading was ended in Washington D.C.
Stronger fugitive slave law was passed and enforced
True or false. No other book in American history had as large of a political impact as Uncle Tom's Cabin...
True
False
Which states had outlawed slavery by the year 1850? Check all that apply.
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
Maryland
Rhode Island
Which of the following best defines popular sovereignty?
Popular sovereignty is the principle that the authority of a state and its government are created and sustained by the consent of its people, through their elected representatives (rule by the people).
The idea that the President should decide on slavery in the territories
The principle that geography should determine which states are slave or free.
What happened in the Kansas & Nebraska Territories when popular sovereignty was used to determine whether these lands would be slave or free?
Pro-slavery and anti-slavery advocates reached a compromise
"Bleeding Kansas" as violence erupted between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book about it
Stephen Douglass used the territories to get more votes for his Presidential Campaign
The biggest issue facing American society in the 19th century (1800's) was
(a)
