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Causes of the Civil War Advisory Review

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who became the president in the election of 1860?
a)
Ulysses S. Grant
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
James Madison
2.
Which is TRUE regarding the cotton gin?
a)
It made more people see and admit the evils of slavery
b)
It caused demand for slaves to drastically increase
c)
It made cotton easier to plant
d)
It was invented by James Monroe
3.

Secede means to:

a)

rebel.

b)

declare war on.

c)

leave or withdraw.

d)

become part of.

4.

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

a)

Mississippi

b)

California

c)

Indiana

d)

Texas

5.

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.

6.

What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States?

a)

Losing their land

b)

Losing slavery

c)

Losing their families

d)

Losing their crops

7.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?
a)
Uncle Bob's Stories
b)
Uncle Tom's Hotel
c)
Uncle Joe's Best Recipes
d)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
8.
The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states.  North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.
a)
permitted, prohibited
b)
prohibited, permitted or allowed
c)
sometimes prohibited, never allowed
d)
cheap, expensive
9.

What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

a)

That it was ok to own a slave

b)

That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves

c)

That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin

d)

That slavery was wrong

10.

The Missouri Compromise, the compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act were all efforts to

a)

end fighting between Midwestern farmers and native American Indians

b)

increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections

c)

encourage manufacturing in the west

d)

settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

11.
What caused Southern States to secede from the Union?
a)
The Election of Lincoln in 1860
b)
The Dred Scott Decision
c)
Harper's Ferry
d)
Bleeding Kansas
12.

The economy of the South depended largely on

a)

Slave labor.

b)

New technology.

c)

Manufacturing.

d)

Politics.

13.

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

14.

Abolitionists wanted to

a)

Get rid of slavery.

b)

Limit slavery to large plantations.

c)

Feed the hungry.

d)

Give women the right to vote.

15.

States in the South believed

a)

They should have more representatives in Congress

b)

They were better

c)

They should have the right to decide their own laws

d)

They were French

16.

Popular Sovereignty was the idea that

a)

slavery would be banned in all future states.

b)

the government would decide if slavery would be legal or illegal.

c)

the people would vote to decide if their state would have slavery.

d)

slavery would be allowed in every future state.

17.

different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.

a)

Sectionalism

b)

Localism

c)

Partiality

d)

Provincialism

18.

Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

19.

Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery

a)

North

b)

South

c)

West

20.

The North wanted _______tariffs because they did not want the South to keep importing foreign goods.

a)

low

b)

high

21.
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.
22.

Which was a cause of the Civil War?

a)

Slavery

b)

State's Rights

c)

Sectionalism

d)

All of the above

23.

What happened when Governor Sam Houston refused to let Texas join the Confederacy?

a)

Texas removed him as Governor and replaced him with someone loyal to the Confederacy.

b)

Texas respected his decision and decided to join the Union against the Confederacy.

c)

The Confederacy considered his refusal a betrayal and attacked Texas.

d)

Sam Houston asked President Lincoln to send in the National Guard to force Texas to stay in the Union.