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March to War (U.S. Civil War)

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

He was a slave who led a slave rebellion in Va.

a)

John Ward Beecher

b)

John Brown

c)

Nat Turner

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

2.

What is a tariff?

a)

a tax on imported goods

b)

something made from pine trees

c)

a law intended to punish a group of people

d)

a law intended to take away the rights of former slaves

3.

Who won the presidential election of 1860?

a)

Douglas

b)

Breckinridge

c)

Bell

d)

Lincoln

4.

When did SC secede?

a)

12/20/1860

b)

5/20/1861

c)

12/20/1861

d)

5/20/1860

5.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at __.

a)

Bull Run

b)

Appomattox

c)

Antietam

d)

Ft. Sumter

6.

All of the following were "border states" EXCEPT...

a)

Maryland

b)

Tennessee

c)

Missouri

d)

Kentucky

7.

Who was Jefferson Davis?

a)

an abolitionist

b)

the President of the Confederacy

c)

the overall commander of the Confederate Army

d)

a slave who led a revolt

8.

He came up with the Kansas/Nebraska Act...

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

9.

He was the Northern Democrats nominee in the election of 1860...

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

10.

This state was admitted at about the same time as Missouri...

a)

Nebraska

b)

Maine

c)

Kansas

d)

California

11.

What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist Newspaper?

a)

The Liberator

b)

The Tatler

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

The Mooresville Tribune

12.

A Senator was beaten with a cane because he insulted a slave-owning family. This was called the...

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas/Nebraska Act

c)

Brooks/Sumner Affair

d)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

13.

This book, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, exposed the harshness of slavery to the rest of America (it was the #1 selling book of the 19th century).

a)

The Liberator

b)

The Tatler

c)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

d)

The Mooresville Tribune

14.

What court case said Slave Owners have the right to move into free states and bring their slaves with them?

a)

Dred Scott Vs. Sandford

b)

Brown Vs. Board of Education

c)

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

d)

Roe Vs. Wade

15.

In states where slavery was legal, slaves were counted as what fraction for population purposes?

a)

2/5

b)

3/4

c)

2/3

d)

3/5

16.

What was the capital of the CFA?

a)

Savannah

b)

Richmond

c)

Nashville

d)

Durham

17.

Guns were smuggled into Kansas using...

a)

Beecher Bibles

b)

Border Ruffians

c)

a Federal Arsenal

d)

Lincoln's Top Hat

18.

People who crossed into Kansas from Missouri to intimidate abolitionists were called...

a)

John Brown's gang

b)

Border Ruffians

c)

Confederates

d)

Unionists

19.

withdraw from

break away from

break with

separate (oneself) from

sever relations with

leave

quit

split with

split off from

disaffiliate from

a)

ceased

b)

succeed

c)

secede

d)

seized

20.

The Missouri Compromise was based on an imaginary line drawn at...

a)

36°30'

b)

30°36'

c)

33°60'

d)

63°03'

21.

Harriet Tubman made __ trips back and forth as part of the Underground RR.

a)

18

b)

19

c)

20

d)

21

22.

Harriet Tubman helped save __ people as part of the Underground RR.

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300

d)

400

23.

Which territory was said to be "bleeding" because of all the violence?

a)

Maine

b)

Missouri

c)

Nebraska

d)

Kansas

24.

This man attacked and killed pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

25.

This man raided a federal arsenal in Harpers' Ferry, Va. as part of a plan to start a slave rebellion.

a)

Dred Scott

b)

John Brown

c)

Stephen A. Douglas

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

26.

- Maine admitted as a free state

- Missouri admitted as a slave state

- Imaginary line drawn to separate future free and slave states

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas/Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Nullification Crisis

27.

- California admitted as a free state

- Utah and New Mexico get to decide about slavery

- Stronger Fugitive Slave Law

- Ban the selling of slaves in DC

- Texas gets money, New Mexico gets land

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas/Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Nullification Crisis

28.

- Kansas territory is carved out of Nebraska

- Kansas and Nebraska will decide the issue of slavery

- Proposed so a transcontinental RR could be built

a)

Missouri Compromise

b)

Kansas/Nebraska Act

c)

Compromise of 1850

d)

Nullification Crisis

29.

When a territory decided the issue of slavery...

a)

popular sovereignty

b)

manifest destiny

c)

abolition

d)

manifest sanctity

30.

This court case ruled that slaves aren't citizens and therefore aren't protected by the Constitution.

a)

Plessy Vs. Ferguson

b)

Marbury Vs. Madison

c)

Dred Scott Vs. Sandford

d)

Brown Vs. Board of Education

31.

How did New England feel about the tariff on imported cloth from England?

a)

For it

b)

Against it

32.

How did the south feel about the tariff on imported cloth from England?

a)

For it

b)

Against it

33.

All of the following were political parties during the election of 1860 EXCEPT...

a)

Southern Democrats

b)

Whigs

c)

Republicans

d)

Constitutional Unionists

34.

__ was sent in to retake the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry.

a)

John Brown

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Robert E. Lee

d)

Jefferson Davis

35.

What's missing from the list?

Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas

a)

Louisianna

b)

Alabama

c)

South Carolina

d)

Oklahoma

36.

The "Balance of Power" was only important with regards to the...

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Senate

c)

Supreme Court

d)

Executive Branch