WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War Test
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?
Sectionalism
Nationalism
Popular Sovereignty
Secession
Every state north of Missouri's 36°30′ border had to be what kind of state?
Frontier
Manifest Destiny
Free State
Slave State
The Compromise of 1850...
allowed California to enter as a free state.
gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.
banned slavery in Texas
ended the Fugitive Slave law.
In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?
Missouri
Maine
Nebraska
Texas
In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?
Dred Scott Decision
Fugitive Slave Law
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Senator from Kentucky and known as the "Great Compromiser" for his ability to smooth sectional conflict through balanced legislation. He sponsored the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
Fredrick Clay
Clay Webster
Dirt Clay
Henry Clay
Which of the following temporarily relieved some sectional tensions for the time being in the 19th century?
The Compromise of 1860
The Three-Fifths Compromise
The Great Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions the most in the mid-19th century?
The Great Compromise
The Missouri Compromise
The Compromise of 1850
The Three-Fifths Compromise
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted
California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state
Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession
The southwest territories would determine their free vs slave status via popular sovereignty
The book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is one of the least influential events leading up to the Civil War
True
False
Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Robert E Lee
Fredrick Douglas
What did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" do to the relationship between the North and South?
It fueled tension between the Northern and the Southern states
It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was legal and right
It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was illegal and wrong
As part of the agreement in the Compromise of 1850, how would slavery in the remaining territory of Utah and New Mexico from the Mexican Cession be decided?
The Senate would vote
The House of Representatives would vote
The President would decide
Popular sovereignty- the people in the territory would vote
Why was the South against California entering the union?
California would be a free state and upset the balance of slave and free states.
California wanted to be a slave state
California was the scene of violence and bloodshed
The addition of California would balance the power between free and slave states.
What is the fundamental issue behind the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850?
Should the US expand Westward?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
Should slave labor be allowed in new states/territories?
Should states be able to secede from the Union?
How did the North respond to the fugitive slave law?
Northerners were pleased with the laws as they sought to expand slavery to the west.
Many abolitionists in the north began focusing their efforts on the Women's rights movements.
Religious groups left the abolitionists movement to avoid the controversy.
Many Northerners believed that the law was unfair and started joining the abolitionists movement.
Who was the author of the Kansas Nebraska Act?
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen A Douglas
Charles Sumner
Preston Brooks
By what process would the issue of slavery be decided in the new territory of New Mexico and Utah?
They would automatically be free states
They would automatically be slave states
Popular Sovereignty
One would become a slave state and one would become a free state
When Kansas had two legislatures, which one did President Franklin Pierce support?
Proslavery Legislature
Antislavery Legislature
What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?
1851
1853
1854
1856
John Brown and his sons: (check all that apply)
Hated slavery
Raided a federal arsenal
Believed God sent them to confront slave owners
Led violent raids (attacks) against slave owners in Kansas
The nickname "Bleeding Kansas" came from
The beautiful red colored waterfalls in Kansas
The fact that Kansas had the worst doctors in the 1800s
All of the violence and bloodshed in Kansas that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act
The violence in Kansas during the mid 1800's because it was part of the wild west
Before 1854, slavery was banned from the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory under the terms of _____.
The compromise of 1850
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
The 1820 Missouri Compromise
The Wilmot Proviso
A law that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they escaped to a free state.
Fugitive Slave Act
Emancipation Proclamation
Manifest Destiny
Underground Railroad
What best describes Dred Scott ?
slave who sued for his freedom
slaveowner who sued for the return of a fugitive slave
Georgia politician trying to ban slavery
Supreme Court judge making a ruling on the spread of slavery
Dred Scott's case went to...
the Georgia State Supreme Court.
the United States Supreme Court.
the U.S. Congress.
Georgia General Assembly
The Dred Scott decision...
angered southerners, satisfied northerners.
satisfied southerners, angered northerners.
promoted the abolitionist movement.
resulted in a compromise between the North & South.
The Dred Scott case pushed the nation closer to disunion & civil war?
true
false
In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves... check all that apply
were NOT citizens of the U.S.
had NO right to sue in court.
were considered to be the property of their owner.
should all be freed immediately.
What did the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case make possible?
the abolition of slavery
the restriction of slavery within the South
the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act
the spread of slavery into any free territory or state
What did the Supreme Court rule about the Missouri Compromise during the Dred Scott Decision?
It was unconstitutional.
It was constitutional.
That it and the Compromise of 1850 were together unconstitutional.
That it was no longer needed because of the Compromise of 1850.
Abraham Lincoln was a _________.
Republican
Democrat
Libertarian
Socialist
What party did Stephen Douglas belong to?
Democratic
Republican
Lincoln benefited from the debates because he
He showed he favored slavery
He was amusing
became more popular on the national level
attracted Southern voters
The Tariff of Abominations was passed in...
1828
1820
1832
1850
Popular Sovereignty - voters decide to (a) or allow slavery where they live.
Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in...
Bleeding Kansas
Violent Kansas
Pottawatomie Bleeding
Compromise of 1850
Abraham Lincoln believes:
Slavery should be abolished
Slavery should not be allowed to spread
Slavery should be allowed to spread
How many states will be in the CSA?
7
11
16
23
The 10th amendment states:
You have the right to any attorney
You have the right to bear arms
That all your rights might not be covered in the Constitution, but they still exsist
That powers not given to the federal government belong to the states
South Economy: farming and plantations, slavery, _______ _______.
(a)
Northern Economy: factories and big cities, manufacturing, (a) .
The "T" is tissues stands for:
Tariff
Train station
Tax
Tom
The "I" in tissues stands for:
Industry and Agriculture
Industry and Business
Industry and Banking
Industry and Slavery
The "E" in tissues stands for:
Election of 1860
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Election of 1856
Election of the Republicans
Which term did we use to help explain States Rights?
Federalism
Checks and Balances
Propaganda
Republicanism
Who is the first state to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Texas
Mississippi
Who is named as the President of the Confederate States of America?
Jefferson Davis
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
