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Causes of the Civil War Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What issue was at the heart of the Civil War?

a)

State's Rights

b)

Federal Deficit

c)

Slavery

d)

Manifest Destiny

2.

What judicial principle did the Supreme Courts ruling in Marbury v. Madison establish?

a)

Judicial Review

b)

Supremacy Clause

c)

Miranda Rights

d)

Article II

3.

What was another issue that led to the Civil War

a)

Free states v. Slave states

b)

State's Rights

c)

Article X

d)

Dred Scott

4.

What year was Dr. Angela Davis born?

a)

1846

b)

1922

c)

1493

d)

1944

5.

The Civil War put the North against the largely South

a)

Industrialized, Democratized

b)

Agrarian, Industrialized

c)

Industrialized, Agrarian

d)

Fascist, Democratic

6.

The invention of what machine helped improve the profitability of cotton?

a)

Steam Engine

b)

Cotton Gin

c)

Banking System

d)

Cryptocurrency

7.

What were southern slave owners afraid Lincoln wanted to do?

a)

Force them to start paying slaves

b)

Free slaves by force

c)

Nullify the Fugitive Slave Act

d)

Redistribute the wealth

8.

What year did the confederacy officially form?

a)

1860

b)

1855

c)

1861

d)

1869

9.

Which state was NOT apart of the original seven states of the confederacy

a)

Mississippi

b)

Georgia

c)

Texas

d)

Maine

10.

What state was formed by the US as a FREE state with the 1850 compromises?

a)

New Mexico

b)

Utah

c)

Texas

d)

California