WorksheetsCivil War Causes Check-In
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the Fugitive Slave Law?
a)
A law that made it illegal for slaves to run away
b)
A law that made it legal for slaves to run away if they could make it to Kansas
c)
A law that required Northerners to return escaped slaves to their enslavers
d)
A law that required all slave owners to help find escaped slaves
2.
What started the event called Bleeding Kansas?
a)
Thousands of Southerners moved to Kansas and voted to make it a slave state, so anti-slavery settlers attacked them
b)
There were many people who got injured on their way to Kansas, so they called it "Bleeding Kansas"
c)
Congress declared that Kansas would be a free state in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which angered pro-slavery settlers
d)
The citizens of Kansas were upset about the Missouri Compromise and began to fight about it
3.
Who was Dred Scott?
a)
A slave owner who believed he should have the right to keep people in slavery
b)
An enslaved man who claimed that he should be set free because he had lived in free states
c)
A judge who decided that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States
d)
An abolitionist who argued that slavery was morally wrong and should be illegal
4.
In the Election of 1860, which candidate was mainly concerned with keeping the Union together and following the Constitution?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
John Bell
5.
In the Election of 1860, which candidate believed that states should have the right to choose whether they wanted slavery or not?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
John Bell
6.
In the Election of 1860, which candidate believed that a railroad would only be helpful if it also benefited the South?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
John Bell
7.
In the Election of 1860, which candidate believed that slavery should remain where it already existed, but stay out of Western territories?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
John Bell
8.
Who won the Election of 1860?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckinridge
d)
John Bell
9.
Who received the least electoral votes in the election?
a)
Stephen A. Douglas
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
John C. Breckenridge
d)
John Bell
10.
Why was it surprising that Lincoln became president after the election?
a)
He received less than 40% of the country's votes.
b)
People thought he wasn't good enough at making speeches to be President
c)
He wasn't on the ballot in 9 of the Southern states.
d)
A and C
11.
A rebellion at Harper's Ferry, Virginia
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
Dred Scott V. Sanford
d)
John Brown's Raid
12.
Violence between pro-slavery and anti-slavery settlers
a)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
b)
Bleeding Kansas
c)
John Brown's Raid
d)
Compromise of 1850
13.
This set of laws, which included the Fugutive Slave Act, tried to keep the peace between Northern and Southern Americans.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Bleeding Kansas
14.
This was a novel meant to convince readers that slavery was morally wrong.
a)
Bleeding Kansas
b)
John Brown's Raid
c)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
d)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
15.
This court case ruled that Black Americans were not citizens and that slavery couldn't be outlawed.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Dred Scott v. Sanford
c)
Bleeding Kansas
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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