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WorksheetsMarch to War (U.S. Civil War)
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 6mins
He was a slave who led a slave rebellion in Va.
John Ward Beecher
John Brown
Nat Turner
William Lloyd Garrison
What is a tariff?
a tax on imported goods
something made from pine trees
a law intended to punish a group of people
a law intended to take away the rights of former slaves
Who won the presidential election of 1860?
Douglas
Breckinridge
Bell
Lincoln
When did SC secede?
12/20/1860
5/20/1861
12/20/1861
5/20/1860
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at __.
Bull Run
Appomattox
Antietam
Ft. Sumter
All of the following were "border states" EXCEPT...
Maryland
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Who was Jefferson Davis?
an abolitionist
the President of the Confederacy
the overall commander of the Confederate Army
a slave who led a revolt
He came up with the Kansas/Nebraska Act...
Dred Scott
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
He was the Northern Democrats nominee in the election of 1860...
Dred Scott
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
This state was admitted at about the same time as Missouri...
Nebraska
Maine
Kansas
California
What was the name of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist Newspaper?
The Liberator
The Tatler
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Mooresville Tribune
A Senator was beaten with a cane because he insulted a slave-owning family. This was called the...
Missouri Compromise
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Brooks/Sumner Affair
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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).
The Liberator
The Tatler
Uncle Tom's Cabin
The Mooresville Tribune
What court case said Slave Owners have the right to move into free states and bring their slaves with them?
Dred Scott Vs. Sandford
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Roe Vs. Wade
In states where slavery was legal, slaves were counted as what fraction for population purposes?
2/5
3/4
2/3
3/5
What was the capital of the CFA?
Savannah
Richmond
Nashville
Durham
Guns were smuggled into Kansas using...
Beecher Bibles
Border Ruffians
a Federal Arsenal
Lincoln's Top Hat
People who crossed into Kansas from Missouri to intimidate abolitionists were called...
John Brown's gang
Border Ruffians
Confederates
Unionists
withdraw from
break away from
break with
separate (oneself) from
sever relations with
leave
quit
split with
split off from
disaffiliate from
ceased
succeed
secede
seized
The Missouri Compromise was based on an imaginary line drawn at...
36°30'
30°36'
33°60'
63°03'
Harriet Tubman made __ trips back and forth as part of the Underground RR.
18
19
20
21
Harriet Tubman helped save __ people as part of the Underground RR.
100
200
300
400
Which territory was said to be "bleeding" because of all the violence?
Maine
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
This man attacked and killed pro-slavery settlers in Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas.
Dred Scott
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
This man raided a federal arsenal in Harpers' Ferry, Va. as part of a plan to start a slave rebellion.
Dred Scott
John Brown
Stephen A. Douglas
William Lloyd Garrison
- Maine admitted as a free state
- Missouri admitted as a slave state
- Imaginary line drawn to separate future free and slave states
Missouri Compromise
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
- 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
Missouri Compromise
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
- Kansas territory is carved out of Nebraska
- Kansas and Nebraska will decide the issue of slavery
- Proposed so a transcontinental RR could be built
Missouri Compromise
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1850
Nullification Crisis
When a territory decided the issue of slavery...
popular sovereignty
manifest destiny
abolition
manifest sanctity
This court case ruled that slaves aren't citizens and therefore aren't protected by the Constitution.
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Marbury Vs. Madison
Dred Scott Vs. Sandford
Brown Vs. Board of Education
How did New England feel about the tariff on imported cloth from England?
For it
Against it
How did the south feel about the tariff on imported cloth from England?
For it
Against it
All of the following were political parties during the election of 1860 EXCEPT...
Southern Democrats
Whigs
Republicans
Constitutional Unionists
__ was sent in to retake the Federal Arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Robert E. Lee
Jefferson Davis
What's missing from the list?
Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas
Louisianna
Alabama
South Carolina
Oklahoma
The "Balance of Power" was only important with regards to the...
House of Representatives
Senate
Supreme Court
Executive Branch
