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Worksheetscauses of the civil war
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 36mins
What was the main driver of the economy in the North during the Civil War?
Farming
Industry
Tourism
The media
Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?
Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit.
The South didn't want slave labor
Slaves ran the large steel mills and appliance factories in the South
Slave labor was needed to work the mines in the South
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
Southerners
Federalists
Prohibitionists
Abolitionists
The southern states wanted the federal government to have all the power and make all the laws.
True
False
In what state did the first fighting over slavery take place?
Georgia
Virginia
Kansas
New York
What political party did Abraham Lincoln belong to?
Democrat
Libertarian
Independent
Republican
Abraham Lincoln wasn't on the voting ballot in 10 of the Southern states.
True
False
What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
Republic of Texas
United States of the South
Democratic Republic of the Carolinas
Confederate States of America
Which of the following is a right of a state not to follow a federal law?
Nullification
Abolitionism
Secession
Segregation
Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
California
Michigan
Minnesota
The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:
Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?
The right of the states to vote on laws
Abolitionism
The right of the federal government to nullify laws
The vote to end the Civil War
Which law allowed popular sovereignty in several U.S. territories?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
What is being described: Maine had to agree to outlaw slavery, territories wanted to become new states, and abolitionists wanted to change laws?
Missouri Compromise
Georgia Platform
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Which statement describes the outcome of the Dred Scott case?
The U.S. Supreme Court decided against Scott.
The U.S. Supreme Court sent the case back to the Missouri Supreme Court.
The Georgia court system changed the laws of Missouri.
Missouri granted Scott the right to be free.
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860. He was a
Republican
Democrat
Confederate
Independent
The economy of the South depended largely on
Slave labor.
New technology.
Manufacturing.
Politics.
Dred Scott was a
A slave who sued for his freedom.
First African American mayor of Atlanta.
College professor.
A Revolutionary War hero.
People who worked in factories earned a _____.
tariff
cotton gin
wage
plant
The question of admission of this territory as a new state led to a big debate between the north and south.
Missouri
Texas
New York
California
What did Confederates attacked on April 12, 1861?
Fort Sumpter
Washington, D.C.
Kansas
Missouri
John Brown was
a Congressman
a plantation owner
an abolitionist
a Confederate
What was the primary source of income for southerners was
textiles in factories
cotton on plantations
immigrant laborers
militia soldiers
The compromise to settle the question about California's admission to the USA was
the Compromise of 1850
The Missouri Compromise
the Underground Railroad
the Civil War
Which of the following is NOT a reason the US eventually had a civil war?
the north and south didn't trust one another
the south felt the north would stop them from having slaves
the Missouri Compromise didn't consider both sides of the debate
southern states felt overpowered by the north
Who is this key Civil War figure?
Henry Clay
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Frederick Douglass
As a result of which law did John Brown and his sons attack pro-slavery settlers?
Missouri Compromise
Gag Rule
Fugitive Slave Act
Kansas Nebraska Act
Where did John Brown and his sons kill a bunch of proslavery farmers?
Lawrence
Jackson's Bluff
Pottawatomie Creek
Harpers Ferry
What was John Brown's goal in planning the raid at Harper's Ferry?
arm the slaves to free themselves
free the slaves
kill the slave owners
organize peaceful protests
What happened to John Brown at Harper's Ferry?
he escaped
he was captured and arrested
he was killed in a shoot out
he died in the armory fire
What was the outcome of John Brown's trial?
found not guilty and released
found guilty and then released
found guilty and sentenced to life in prison
found guilty and hanged
Why did southerners get angry when John Brown was executed?
they believed him to be a hero
they were angry that the north treated him like a martyr
he was hanged, but his men were set free
they thought he should have been shot instead of hanged
