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WorksheetsIntro to the Civil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the term that means "to withdraw from the union?"
Engage
Secede
Respond
Succeed
What was formed by the states that seceded from the Union?
The Confederacy
The Conspiracy
Texas
Unification
The region of the United States where most crops were grown:
The North
The South
The East
The West
In general, where were most plantations located?
The South
The North
Border states
Canada
What did many Southerners fear when Abraham Lincoln was elected President?
Losing their land
Losing their Families
Losing Slavery
Increase in taxes
Most Manufactured goods were made:
In the North
In the South
In rich neighborhoods
On plantations
What does Tariff mean?
Crossing the boarder between the North and South
To tear or ignore a treaty
A tie in a war
Taxes on imported or exported goods
In terms of government, what did the southern states prefer?
A government that was anti-Slavery
Big Federal government
Small Federal government
Less power in Congress
What percentage of White Southerners owned slaves?
50%
68%
3/5ths
25%
What political party did Abraham Lincoln represent?
Democrats
Republicans
Federalists
Democratic-Republicans
What is NOT one of the 4 main causes of the Civil War?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
Black people's voting rights
Economy of the North vs. South
Southern State's rights
What is abolition?
Taxes on goods
Removing a person's culture
The southern states forming their own country
The Anti-Slavery movement
What is the Underground Railroad?
A high speed train placed underground to travel on
A series of safe-houses that helped escaped enslaved people get to freedom
A place where Enslavers would continue the slave trade after it was outlawed
underground tunnels that went from Virginia to Canada
What was another major issue the abolitionist movement often supported?
keeping the south apart of the union
Small federal government
Labor Laws
Women's suffrage
Who was most well known for helping enslaved people on the Underground railroad?
Fredrick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Harriet Tubman
John Brown
