WorksheetsChapter 9: The Civil War
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 41mins
According to the Kansas-Nebraska Act, what would decide whether the territories became a free or a slave state?
popular sovereignty
the 36'30" parallel
one would be a slave state, the other a free state
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Who gave the Gettysburg Address speech?
John Adams
Ulysess S. Grant
Abraham Lincoln
Victoria Alexander
This abolitionist wrote the powerful novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Ida Wells-Barnett
W.E.B. Dubois
Dred Scott
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The general in charge of the entire Union Army was:
Abraham Lincoln
Robert E Lee
Ulysses Grant
Jefferson Davis
Which of the following was a major result of the Civil War?
The Democrats became the dominant political party.
The bonds linking the states were loosened.
The federal government became weaker.
Slavery was ended everywhere in the United States.
Who was Frederick Douglass?
An abolitionist who had escaped slavery after learning how to read
A slave owner from South Carolina
A European Explorer who founded the Americas
The 18th President of the United States
Which region in the United States primarily owned slaves?
North
South
The large farms where slaves lived and worked in the South were called...
Mansions
Acres
Plantations
Rural
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
Allowed slave owners the right to reclaim enslaved persons who escaped to other states; created slave-catching industries in the US
Allowed slaves a three day head start if they intended to leave their master's home
A law that outlawed slavery in the US
A law that increased the number of slaves being imported to the US each year
In 1831, who led a revolt against slavery in the state of Virginia that killed more than 60 people?
Frederick Douglass
Nat Turner
Harriet Tubman
William Still
What is a tariff?
A price applied to goods made in the South
A line that divided the North from the South
A region of the United States
A tax on imported goods
The competing economies of the North vs. South were...
Industry vs. Textile Mills
Farming vs. Cattle Ranching
Engineering vs. Science
Industry vs. Agriculture
What was the argument regarding State's Rights?
A state had the right to not follow a federal law if they did not agree with it
States grouped together to form a new political party called "State's Rights"
Northern States and Southern States were held to different laws by the federal government
States could not refuse a federal law
The process of leaving the Union and creating the Confederate States of America is called...
Importation
Exportation
Secession
Depart
The Election of 1860 saw the election of which President?
James Buchanan
Andrew Jackson
Abraham Lincoln
James K. Polk
Which compromise did Congressman Henry Clay propose a to resolve the issue of American expansion west with the following..
1. California would be a free state and the slave trade would become illegal in nation’s capital (D.C.)
2. New Mexico and Utah would become slave states and the Fugitive Slave Act would become stricter
Compromise of 1850
3/5ths Compromise
Tariff of Abominations
Missouri Compromise
What political party did Lincoln (and the North) belong to?
Democratic
Federalist
Republican
Constitutionalist
The main source of money for people in the North was...
Farming
Factories
Slave Labor
Shipping
Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
Frederick Douglass
Benjamin Franklin
James Watt
Which of the following best describes the impact of the cotton gin on farming in the South?
The cotton gin was supposed to decrease the need for slave labor but instead, southern farmers purchased even more land to farm
The cotton gin made slavery obsolete (out-dated, gone)
It made farming more desirable to those living in the North and many migrated South to purchase farm land
It ruined the Southern economy and hurt their chances of winning the Civil War just a few years later
Which of the following is the likely definition of sectionalism?
Favoring another country
Opposition to the region you live in
Strong loyalty to one region
Disagreeing with local politicians
