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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 72

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This law said Americans could vote if their state should be free or have slaves.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
2.
This said all blacks were NOT US citizens
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
3.
This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Fugitive Slave Act
c)
Kansas Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Case
4.
an enslaved person who sued for his freedom after having lived in a free state  
a)
Roger B. Taney
b)
Dred Scott
c)
Stephen Douglass
John Brown
d)
Stephen Douglas
5.
Citizens could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves because of the
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Democrat Party
d)
Election of 1852
6.

This voided the Missouri Compromise and removed the 36* 30' line.

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Kansas Nebraska Act

c)

The Constitution

d)

Lincoln/Douglas Debates

7.

What was the Compromise of 1850? Select all that apply.

a)

California would enter the Union as a free state.

b)

Texas would be allowed to enter the Union as a slave state.

c)

The Fugitive Slave Law was passed

d)

The slave trade would end in the nation’s capital.

8.

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

a)

radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

b)

a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

c)

a pro-slavery Senator

d)

a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

9.

What is the purpose for Frederick Douglass's writing his slave narrative?

a)

To share his experience as a slave in hopes to bring changes for the lives of the slaves.

b)

To show off that he is a man.

c)

He just wants to write for pleasure.

d)

None of the above

10.

What was John Brown's master plan?

a)

To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

b)

To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

c)

To get Abraham Lincoln elected

d)

To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion

11.
What was the key issue that was debated each time a new state was admitted to the Union before the Civil War?
a)
the expansion of slavery
b)
the building of railroads 
c)
the provision of women's suffrage
d)
support for the homesteading 
12.

What was the Underground Railroad?

a)

A train that took people to freedom.

b)

A tunnel where people could buy slaves.

c)

A group of people who helped slaves escape to freedom.

d)

A home where Harriet Tubman grew up.

13.

Although John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry was an attempt to challenge the institution of slavery, the raid resulted in

a)

A compromise between the North and South over the question of slavery

b)

A decrease in slavery's influence in the South

c)

Further tensions between Northern and Southern states over the issues of slavery and state's rights

d)

The demand for more rights for slaves and free blacks

14.
People who believed that slavery was wrong and tried to stop it
a)
abolitionists 
b)
habeas corpus
c)
state's rights
d)
secede
15.
Someone running away from their owner (slave) or from the law
a)
fugitive 
b)
slave state
c)
free state
d)
state's rights
16.
To leave, or quit, a group or union
a)
secede
b)
state's rights
c)
sectionalism
d)
habeas corpus
17.
Case brought before the Supreme Court involving a slave wanted his freedom: Court decided African Americans CAN'T be citizens and can't sue in federal court.
a)
Dred Scott Decision
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
18.
Split the Nebraska Territory into the states of Kansas and Nebraska, where they also got to choose whether to be a free or slave states... causing conflict within the states. 
a)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
b)
Missouri Compromise 1820
c)
Compromise of 1850
d)
Fugitive Slave Act
19.
Act made it a federal law that all runaway slaves MUST be returned to their owners in the south. 
a)
Fugitive Slave Act
b)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
c)
Dred Scott Decision
d)
Compromise of 1850
20.
California was admitted into the Union, Utah and New Mexico were able to choose (free or slave state) and settled border disputes from war with Mexico. 
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise 1820
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Dred Scott Decision 
21.

Which northern state was admitted to the United States as a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise?

a)

Maine

b)

California

c)

Michigan

d)

Minnesota

22.

The Fugitive Slave Act was added to this compromise to please Southern states:

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Georgia Platform

c)

Missouri Compromise

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

23.

What does the term “popular sovereignty” describe?

a)

The right of the states to vote on laws

b)

Abolitionism

c)

The right of the federal government to nullify laws

d)

The vote to end the Civil War

24.

The economy of the South depended largely on

a)

Slave labor.

b)

New technology.

c)

Manufacturing.

d)

Politics.

25.

Southerners’ belief that states should have higher authority than the federal government was called:

a)

States’ rights

b)

National rights

c)

Confederate rights

d)

Popular sovereignty

26.

By the 1850's, why did many runaway slaves go to Canada?

a)

Canada was a center of manufacturing and there were many jobs.

b)

They feared being drafted into the Northern Army.

c)

Northern abolitionists refused to help fugitive slaves.

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act meant that they were at risk even in Free States.

27.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 is being addressed by the poster?

a)

States' Rights

b)

Popular Sovereignty

c)

The Fugitive Slave Act

d)

The Underground Railroad

28.

In the Compromise of 1850, which state entered the United States as a free state?

a)

Mississippi

b)

California

c)

Indiana

d)

Texas

29.

Which part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North most?

a)

Ending the slave trade in Washington DC.

b)

Allowing California to enter the US as a free state.

c)

The stricter Fugitive Slave Act.

d)

Allowing the territories of Utah and New Mexico to vote on slavery.

30.

This said that all African Americans were NOT citizens.

a)

The Compromise of 1850.

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act.

c)

The Dred Scott Decision.

d)

The Missouri Compromise.

31.

What was the main driver of the economy in the North during the Civil War?

a)

Farming

b)

Industry

c)

Tourism

d)

The media

32.

Why did the South need slaves, but the North didn't?

a)

Large plantations in the south needed slave labor to profit.

b)

The South didn't want slave labor

c)

Slaves ran the large steel mills and appliance factories in the South

d)

Slave labor was needed to work the mines in the South

33.

What were people who wanted to outlaw slavery called?

a)

Southerners

b)

Federalists

c)

Prohibitionists

d)

Abolitionists

34.

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the American Civil War?

a)

States' Rights

b)

The Boston Tea Act

c)

Abraham Lincoln being elected

d)

Slavery

35.

What was the name of the new country that was formed by the southern states?

a)

Republic of Texas

b)

United States of the South

c)

Democratic Republic of the Carolinas

d)

Confederate States of America

36.

This means that the people get to decide on an issue, including whether or not to allow slavery in their territory

a)

Abolition

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Populist

37.

To withdraw or leave are synonyms of this word:

a)

Fugitive

b)

Secede

c)

Popular sovereignty

d)

Compromise

38.

What do you call a person who was opposed to slavery and worked toward ending it?

a)

Fugitive

b)

Abolitionist

c)

Secessionist

d)

Whig

39.

Runaway slaves used the ______ to escape to the North and freedom.

a)

Transcontinental Railroad

b)

Underground Railroad

c)

Escaped Slave Expressway

d)

The Ohio River

40.

This slave led a rebellion in Virginia that killed at least 55 people

a)

Gabriel

b)

Denmark Vesey

c)

Nat Turner

d)

John Brown

41.

This law allowed government officials to arrest anyone suspected of being a runaway slave

a)

Dred Scott case

b)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

c)

Slave codes

d)

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

42.

This novel explored the harsh realities of slavery and let readers see what slavery was really like

a)

La Amistad

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Gettysburg Address

d)

Slave codes

43.

California would enter the union as a free state and a tough new law dealing with runaway slaves was part of _______?

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850

c)

Dred Scott case

d)

Slave codes

44.

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

a)

Uncle Tom

b)

John Brown

c)

Nat Turner

d)

Dred Scott

45.

This abolitionist took part in "Bleeding Kansas" and led a raid on Harper's Ferry, VA

a)

Dred Scott

b)

Jefferson Davis

c)

John Brown

d)

Abraham Lincoln

46.

Who was president of the Confederate States during the war?

a)

Robert E. Lee

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Jefferson Davis

d)

Ulysses S. Grant

47.

The first shots of the Civil War were fired at this fort on April 12, 1861

a)

Fort Ticonderoga

b)

Fort Slocum

c)

Fort Sumter

d)

Fort Hall

48.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

49.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

50.

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?

a)

Bleeding Kansas

b)

Red Kansas

c)

Civil War I

d)

Missouri Compromise Conflict

51.

Which famous abolitionist wrote a novel exposing the evils of slavery to the world?

a)

Henry David Thoreau

b)

Harriett Beecher Stowe

c)

Ralph Waldo Emerson

d)

Ernest Hemingway

52.

This novel changed the face of the nation and boosted the abolition movement

a)

Uncle Ben's Cabin

b)

Uncle Tom's Cabin

c)

Uncle Terry's Cabin

d)

Uncle Hank's Cabin

53.

When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?

a)

Southern slave states

b)

The balance of power in Congress

c)

Northern Free States

d)

Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies

54.

What was the tipping point that led South Carolina to be the first to succession?

a)

Dred Scott Decision

b)

Bleeding Kansas

c)

Fugitive Slave Law

d)

Lincoln is Elected President

55.

At this time, the South's two most important crops were

a)

Indigo and Rice

b)

Cotton and Rice

c)

Cotton and Tobacco

d)

Tobacco and Indigo

56.

Which is a benefit for the NORTH, thanks to the Compromise of 1850?

a)

California was admitted to the Union

b)

Slave owners in Washington D.C. were able to keep their slaves.

c)

The Fugitive Slave Law was enacted.

d)

Texas eventually became a slave state.

57.
How many political candidates were there during the election of 1860?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
58.
Which best explains the impact the cotton gin had on slavery?
a)
Slavery decreased because this machine increased production.
b)
Slavery increased because more slaves were needed to pick cotton.
c)
Slavery increased because this invention helped cotton farmers, but indigo, rice, and tobacco became major crops.
d)
Slavery decreased because people started to realize that they could industrialize and not use manual labor.
59.

Free African American who wrote the newspaper the North Star

a)

John Brown

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Fredrick Douglass

d)

Elijah Lovejoy

60.
John Brown attacked Harper's Ferry because it was a...
a)
military arsenal
b)
slave prison
c)
government office
d)
slave plantation
61.

Why would Harriet Tubman go back to the south?

a)

to save other slaves

b)

to find animals

c)

to find her owners

d)

to travel

62.

True or False: John Brown's Plan Succeed.

a)

True

b)

False

63.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this influential book that caused many in the North to become anti-slavery after reading it.
a)
Nat Turner's Revolt
b)
The Liberator
c)
The Bugler
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
64.
Most famous conductor of the Undergroud Railroad.
a)
Harriet Beecher Stowe
b)
Harriet Tubman
c)
Harriet Stanton
d)
Harriet Marshall
65.
Shared his personal testimony of being a slave himself, he made listeners realize the brutality and horrors of slavery
a)
William Lloyd Garrison
b)
John Brown
c)
Frederick Douglass
d)
Benjamin Rush
66.
How did Harriet Tubman help slaves?
a)
She helped injured and sick slaves hurt their masters.
b)
She brought food to the slaves who were starving.
c)
She offered the escaped slaves a place to live.
d)
She helped them escape through the Underground Railroad.
67.
Sojourner Truth preached to people about _____.
a)
evils of slavery
b)
how to escape to freedom
c)
how to talk to slave owners
d)
how to bake bread
68.
Who was the ex-slave who worked as a conductor on the Underground Railroad? 
a)
Harriet Tubman
b)
Frederick Douglass
c)
William Lloyd Garrison
d)
Sojourner Truth
69.

Who was the ex-slave who wrote the North Star newspaper and worked for rights for African Americans to better their lives?

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

Harriet Tubman

c)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

d)

William Lloyd Garrison

70.

Who is this important abolitionist?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Colonel Sanders

71.

Who is this famous abolitionist?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Frederick Douglass

d)

Sojourner Truth

72.

Which of the following women was born into slavery and later became a speaker for abolition( ending slavery) and women's rights?

a)

Harriet Tubman

b)

Lucretia Mott

c)

Sojourner Truth

d)

Elizabeth Cady Stanton