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Intro to the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term that means "to withdraw from the union?"

a)

Engage

b)

Secede

c)

Respond

d)

Succeed

2.

What was formed by the states that seceded from the Union?

a)

The Confederacy

b)

The Conspiracy

c)

Texas

d)

Unification

3.

The region of the United States where most crops were grown:

a)

The North

b)

The South

c)

The East

d)

The West

4.

In general, where were most plantations located?

a)

The South

b)

The North

c)

Border states

d)

Canada

5.

What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected President?

a)

Losing their land

b)

Losing their Families

c)

Losing Slavery

d)

Increase in taxes

6.

Most Manufactured goods were made:

a)

In the North

b)

In the South

c)

In rich neighborhoods

d)

On plantations

7.

What does Tariff mean?

a)

Crossing the boarder between the North and South

b)

To tear or ignore a treaty

c)

A tie in a war

d)

Taxes on imported or exported goods

8.

In terms of government, what did the southern states prefer?

a)

A government that was anti-Slavery

b)

Big Federal government

c)

Small Federal government

d)

Less power in Congress

9.

What percentage of White Southerners owned slaves?

a)

50%

b)

68%

c)

3/5ths

d)

25%

10.

What political party did Abraham Lincoln represent?

a)

Democrats

b)

Republicans

c)

Federalists

d)

Democratic-Republicans

11.

What is NOT one of the 4 main causes of the Civil War?

a)

The election of Abraham Lincoln

b)

Black people's voting rights

c)

Economy of the North vs. South

d)

Southern State's rights

12.

What is abolition?

a)

Taxes on goods

b)

Removing a person's culture

c)

The southern states forming their own country

d)

The Anti-Slavery movement

13.

What is the Underground Railroad?

a)

A high speed train placed underground to travel on

b)

A series of safe-houses that helped escaped enslaved people get to freedom

c)

A place where Enslavers would continue the slave trade after it was outlawed

d)

underground tunnels that went from Virginia to Canada

14.

What was another major issue the abolitionist movement often supported?

a)

keeping the south apart of the union

b)

Small federal government

c)

Labor Laws

d)

Women's suffrage

15.

Who was most well known for helping enslaved people on the Underground railroad?

a)

Fredrick Douglass

b)

William Lloyd Garrison

c)

Harriet Tubman

d)

John Brown