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The Road to the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What did the Fugitive Slave Law do?
a)
The underground railroad was ended
b)
Slaves that ran-away would be jailed
c)
Made it illegal for slaveholders to recapture their slaves
d)
Made it easier for slaveholders to find and reclaim runaway slaves
2.
What state would be added to the Union as a free state according to the Compromise of 1850
a)
Oregon
b)
California
c)
Michigan
d)
Iowa
3.
In what way did the Compromise of 1850 appease the South?
a)
It created new taxes for railroad construction.
b)
It provided an end to the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
c)
It included a law requiring the return of escaped slaves
d)
It added California as a slave state
4.
Who proposed the compromise of 1850?
a)
Henry Clay
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
5.
This was a mini-Civil War fought in the Kansas territory between pro-slavery settlers and anti-slavery settlers 
a)
Missouri Compromise 
b)
Summer if 1856
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Pottawatomie Creek, Kansas
6.

Why were a lot of people moving to Kansas to vote?

a)

Popular sovereignty was allowing people to vote if they wanted Kansas to be a free state or a slave state

b)

They wanted Abraham Lincoln to be elected

c)

They wanted Charles Robinson to be elected Governor

d)

They really like voting

7.

Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

a)

"Harriet Beecher Stowe"

b)

"John Brown"

c)

"Harriet Tubman"

d)

"William Lloyd Garrison"

8.

What law repealed (cancelled) the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Wilmot Proviso

c)

Kansas Nebraska Act

d)

Treaty of Paris 1783

9.

What territory saw a Civil War break out over the issue of free/slave state?

a)

Missouri

b)

Kansas

c)

California

d)

Nebraska

10.
Industry/ Manufacturing
a)
North 
b)
South
11.
Military Leadership 
a)
North 
b)
South
12.
Larger population
a)
Union
b)
Confederacy
13.

The North was also called the ____ during this war.

a)

Avengers

b)

Confederacy

c)

Union

d)

Rebels

14.

What was an advantage of the North over the South?

a)

More Railroads

b)

Strong Motivation

c)

Fighting on home soil

d)

Skilled Soldiers

15.

What was a disadvantage the South had?

a)

Fighting on Unfamiliar Territory

b)

Weak Motivation

c)

Fewer Men and Supplies

d)

Officers not Agressive enough