WorksheetsCauses of the Civil War
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John Brown
This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.
Compromise of 1850
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Constitution
Lincoln/Douglas Debates
What was the Compromise of 1850? Select all that apply.
California would enter the Union as a free state.
Texas would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.
The Fugitive Slave Law was passed
The slave trade would end in the nation’s capital.
Which of the following best describes John Brown?
radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery
a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence
a pro-slavery Senator
a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery
What is the purpose for Frederick Douglass's writing his slave narrative?
To share his experience as a slave in hopes to bring changes for the lives of the slaves.
To show off that he is a man.
He just wants to write for pleasure.
None of the above
What was John Brown's master plan?
To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery
To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat
To get Abraham Lincoln elected
To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion
What was the Underground Railroad?
A train that took people to freedom.
A tunnel where people could buy slaves.
A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.
A home where Harriet Tubman grew up.
Although John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt to challenge the institution of slavery, the raid resulted in
A compromise between the North and South over the question of slavery
A decrease in slavery's influence in the South
Further tensions between Northern and Southern states over the issues of slavery and state's rights
The demand for more rights for slaves and free blacks
Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?
Maine
California
Michigan
Minnesota
The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:
Compromise of 1850
Georgia Platform
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?
The right of the states to vote on laws
Abolitionism
The right of the federal government to nullify laws
The vote to end the Civil War
The economy of the South depended largely on
Slave labor.
New technology.
Manufacturing.
Politics.
Southerners’ belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:
States’ rights
National rights
Confederate rights
Popular sovereignty
By the 1850's, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?
Canada was a center of manufacturing and there were many jobs.
They feared being drafted into the Northern Army.
Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Act meant that they were at risk even in Free States.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 is being addressed by the poster?
States' Rights
Popular Sovereignty
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Underground Railroad
In the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the United States as a free state?
Mississippi
California
Indiana
Texas
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North most?
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC.
Allowing California to enter the US as a free state.
The stricter Fugitive Slave Act.
Allowing the territories of Utah and New Mexico to vote on slavery.
This said that all African Americans were NOT citizens.
The Compromise of 1850.
The Fugitive Slave Act.
The Dred Scott Decision.
The Missouri Compromise.
What was the main driver of the economy in the North during the Civil War?
Farming
Industry
Tourism
The media
Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?
Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit.
The South didn't want slave labor
Slaves ran the large steel mills and appliance factories in the South
Slave labor was needed to work the mines in the South
What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?
Southerners
Federalists
Prohibitionists
Abolitionists
Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Civil War?
States' Rights
The Boston Tea Act
Abraham Lincoln being elected
Slavery
What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?
Republic of Texas
United States of the South
Democratic Republic of the Carolinas
Confederate States of America
This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory
Abolition
Secede
Popular sovereignty
Populist
To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:
Fugitive
Secede
Popular sovereignty
Compromise
What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?
Fugitive
Abolitionist
Secessionist
Whig
Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.
Transcontinental Railroad
Underground Railroad
Escaped Slave Expressway
The Ohio River
This slave led a rebellion in Virginia that killed at least 55 people
Gabriel
Denmark Vesey
Nat Turner
John Brown
This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave
Dred Scott case
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Slave codes
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like
La Amistad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Gettysburg Address
Slave codes
California would enter the union as a free state and a tough new law dealing with runaway slaves was part of _______?
Compromise of 1850
The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Dred Scott case
Slave codes
The US Supreme Court decided that this man was still just a slave, even though he had lived in a free territory, setting the stage for slavery to be legal everywhere
Uncle Tom
John Brown
Nat Turner
Dred Scott
This abolitionist took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA
Dred Scott
Jefferson Davis
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?
Robert E. Lee
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Ulysses S. Grant
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861
Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Slocum
Fort Sumter
Fort Hall
Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor
North
South
West
Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery
North
South
West
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?
Bleeding Kansas
Red Kansas
Civil War I
Missouri Compromise Conflict
Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?
Henry David Thoreau
Harriett Beecher Stowe
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ernest Hemingway
This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement
Uncle Ben's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Terry's Cabin
Uncle Hank's Cabin
When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?
Southern slave states
The balance of power in Congress
Northern Free States
Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies
What was the tipping point that led South Carolina to be the first to succession?
Dred Scott Decision
Bleeding Kansas
Fugitive Slave Law
Lincoln is Elected President
At this time, the South's two most important crops were
Indigo and Rice
Cotton and Rice
Cotton and Tobacco
Tobacco and Indigo
Which is a benefit for the NORTH, thanks to the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted to the Union
Slave owners in Washington D.C. were able to keep their slaves.
The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.
Texas eventually became a slave state.
Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star
John Brown
William Lloyd Garrison
Fredrick Douglass
Elijah Lovejoy
Why would Harriet Tubman go back to the south?
to save other slaves
to find animals
to find her owners
to travel
True or False: John Brown's Plan Succeed.
True
False
Who was the ex-slave who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans to better their lives?
Fredrick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
William Lloyd Garrison
Who is this important abolitionist?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Colonel Sanders
Who is this famous abolitionist?
Harriet Tubman
William Lloyd Garrison
Frederick Douglass
Sojourner Truth
Which of the following women was born into slavery and later became a speaker for abolition( ending slavery) and women's rights?
Harriet Tubman
Lucretia Mott
Sojourner Truth
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
