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Causes of the Civil War Test

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country?

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Nationalism

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Secession

2.

Every state north of Missouri's 36°30 border had to be what kind of state?

a)

Frontier

b)

Manifest Destiny

c)

Free State

d)

Slave State

3.

The Compromise of 1850...

a)

allowed California to enter as a free state.

b)

gave all of the land taken from Mexico to Texas.

c)

banned slavery in Texas

d)

ended the Fugitive Slave law.

4.

In the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to enter as a free state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Maine

c)

Nebraska

d)

Texas

5.

In the 1800's, which of the following required Northerners to help return runaway slaves?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Fugitive Slave Law

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Missouri Compromise

6.

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.

a)

Fredrick Clay

b)

Clay Webster

c)

Dirt Clay

d)

Henry Clay

7.

Which of the following temporarily relieved some sectional tensions for the time being in the 19th century?

a)

The Compromise of 1860

b)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

c)

The Great Compromise

d)

The Missouri Compromise

8.

Which of the following compromises INCREASED sectional tensions the most in the mid-19th century?

a)

The Great Compromise

b)

The Missouri Compromise

c)

The Compromise of 1850

d)

The Three-Fifths Compromise

9.

Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?

a)

A stricter fugitive slave act was enacted

b)

California was allowed to enter the Union as a free state

c)

Slavery was prohibited in all territories gained by the Mexican Cession

d)

The southwest territories would determine their free vs slave status via popular sovereignty

10.

The book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is one of the least influential events leading up to the Civil War

a)

True

b)

False

11.

Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Harriet Beecher Stowe

c)

Robert E Lee

d)

Fredrick Douglas

12.

What did the book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" do to the relationship between the North and South?

a)

It fueled tension between the Northern and the Southern states

b)

It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was legal and right

c)

It brought the Northern and Southern states together to agree that slavery was illegal and wrong

13.

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?

a)

The Senate would vote

b)

The House of Representatives would vote

c)

The President would decide

d)

Popular sovereignty- the people in the territory would vote

14.

Why was the South against California entering the union?

a)

California would be a free state and upset the balance of slave and free states.

b)

California wanted to be a slave state

c)

California was the scene of violence and bloodshed

d)

The addition of California would balance the power between free and slave states.

15.

What is the fundamental issue behind the Missouri Compromise, and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

Should the US expand Westward?

b)

Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?

c)

Should slave labor be allowed in new states/territories?

d)

Should states be able to secede from the Union?

16.

How did the North respond to the fugitive slave law?

a)

Northerners were pleased with the laws as they sought to expand slavery to the west.

b)

Many abolitionists in the north began focusing their efforts on the Women's rights movements.

c)

Religious groups left the abolitionists movement to avoid the controversy.

d)

Many Northerners believed that the law was unfair and started joining the abolitionists movement.

17.

Who was the author of the Kansas Nebraska Act?

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Stephen A Douglas

c)

Charles Sumner

d)

Preston Brooks

18.

By what process would the issue of slavery be decided in the new territory of New Mexico and Utah?

a)

They would automatically be free states

b)

They would automatically be slave states

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

One would become a slave state and one would become a free state

19.

When Kansas had two legislatures, which one did President Franklin Pierce support?

a)

Proslavery Legislature

b)

Antislavery Legislature

20.

What year was the Kansas-Nebraska Act passed?

a)

1851

b)

1853

c)

1854

d)

1856

21.

John Brown and his sons: (check all that apply)

a)

Hated slavery

b)

Raided a federal arsenal

c)

Believed God sent them to confront slave owners

d)

Led violent raids (attacks) against slave owners in Kansas

22.

The nickname "Bleeding Kansas" came from

a)

The beautiful red colored waterfalls in Kansas

b)

The fact that Kansas had the worst doctors in the 1800s

c)

All of the violence and bloodshed in Kansas that resulted from the Kansas-Nebraska Act

d)

The violence in Kansas during the mid 1800's because it was part of the wild west

23.

Before 1854, slavery was banned from the remaining Louisiana Purchase territory under the terms of _____.

a)

The compromise of 1850

b)

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787

c)

The 1820 Missouri Compromise

d)

The Wilmot Proviso

24.
The abolitionist who led an attack along the Pottawatomie Creek with broad swords.
a)
Stephen Douglas
b)
Charles Sumner
c)
John Brown
d)
Preston Brooks
25.
An act of violence where pro-slavery forces sought out anti-slavery members to punish them for treason.
a)
Sack of Lawrence
b)
Pottawatomie Massacre
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
26.

A law that required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they escaped to a free state.

a)

Fugitive Slave Act

b)

Emancipation Proclamation

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Underground Railroad

27.

What best describes Dred Scott ?

a)

slave who sued for his freedom

b)

slaveowner who sued for the return of a fugitive slave

c)

Georgia politician trying to ban slavery

d)

Supreme Court judge making a ruling on the spread of slavery

28.

Dred Scott's case went to...

a)

the Georgia State Supreme Court.

b)

the United States Supreme Court.

c)

the U.S. Congress.

d)

Georgia General Assembly

29.

The Dred Scott decision...

a)

angered southerners, satisfied northerners.

b)

satisfied southerners, angered northerners.

c)

promoted the abolitionist movement.

d)

resulted in a compromise between the North & South.

30.

The Dred Scott case pushed the nation closer to disunion & civil war?

a)

true

b)

false

31.

In the Dred Scott case, the Supreme Court ruled that slaves... check all that apply

a)

were NOT citizens of the U.S.

b)

had NO right to sue in court.

c)

were considered to be the property of their owner.

d)

should all be freed immediately.

32.

What did the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott case make possible?

a)

the abolition of slavery

b)

the restriction of slavery within the South

c)

the repeal of the Fugitive Slave Act

d)

the spread of slavery into any free territory or state

33.

What did the Supreme Court rule about the Missouri Compromise during the Dred Scott Decision?

a)

It was unconstitutional.

b)

It was constitutional.

c)

That it and the Compromise of 1850 were together unconstitutional.

d)

That it was no longer needed because of the Compromise of 1850.

34.

Abraham Lincoln was a _________.

a)

Republican

b)

Democrat

c)

Libertarian

d)

Socialist

35.

What party did Stephen Douglas belong to?

a)

Democratic

b)

Republican

36.

Lincoln benefited from the debates because he

a)

He showed he favored slavery

b)

He was amusing

c)

became more popular on the national level

d)

attracted Southern voters

37.

The Tariff of Abominations was passed in...

a)

1828

b)

1820

c)

1832

d)

1850

38.

Popular Sovereignty - voters decide to (a)   or allow slavery where they live.

39.

Kansas-Nebraska Act resulted in...

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Violent Kansas

c)

Pottawatomie Bleeding

d)

Compromise of 1850

40.

Abraham Lincoln believes:

a)

Slavery should be abolished

b)

Slavery should not be allowed to spread

c)

Slavery should be allowed to spread

41.

How many states will be in the CSA?

a)

7

b)

11

c)

16

d)

23

42.

The 10th amendment states:

a)

You have the right to any attorney

b)

You have the right to bear arms

c)

That all your rights might not be covered in the Constitution, but they still exsist

d)

That powers not given to the federal government belong to the states

43.

South Economy: farming and plantations, slavery, _______ _______.

(a)  

44.

Northern Economy: factories and big cities, manufacturing, (a)   .

45.

The "T" is tissues stands for:

a)

Tariff

b)

Train station

c)

Tax

d)

Tom

46.

The "I" in tissues stands for:

a)

Industry and Agriculture

b)

Industry and Business

c)

Industry and Banking

d)

Industry and Slavery

47.

The "E" in tissues stands for:

a)

Election of 1860

b)

Election of Abraham Lincoln

c)

Election of 1856

d)

Election of the Republicans

48.

Which term did we use to help explain States Rights?

a)

Federalism

b)

Checks and Balances

c)

Propaganda

d)

Republicanism

49.

Who is the first state to secede from the Union?

a)

South Carolina

b)

North Carolina

c)

Texas

d)

Mississippi

50.

Who is named as the President of the Confederate States of America?

a)

Jefferson Davis

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Stephen Douglas

d)

John Brown