WorksheetsCivil War Causes
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 14mins
The Missouri Compromise admitted (a) as a free state and (b) as a slave state.
Which of the following was NOT a provision of the Compromise of 1850?
California was admitted as a free state.
Slave trade was abolished in Washington, D.C
Maine was admitted as a free state.
The Fugitive Slave Act was passed.
This poster was printed after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in 1850. What conclusion can be made about the consequences of this law?
Northern law enforcement officials would attempt to capture runaway slaves.
Northern law enforcement officials would not be interested in capturing runaway slaves.
Northerners were more likely than southerners to approve of the capture of runaway slaves
Southerners would be forced to capture runaway slaves.
Which of these correctly describes an effect of the Compromise of 1850 on escaped slaves and freedmen?
Unlike escaped slaves, freedmen could vote in the territories of the Mexican Cession.
Members of both groups could be sold in Washington, D.C., slave markets.
Unlike freedmen, escaped slaves were welcome in eastern factories.
Members of both groups were captured under the Fugitive Slave Law.
What was the fundamental question addressed in both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?
Should the U.S. expand westward?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
Should slavery be allowed in new states?
Should states be able to secede from the Union?
Stephen Douglas argued for ____________ during the Lincoln-Douglass Debates
no slavery
the 36, 30 line to be put back in place
popular sovereignty
stopping the spread of slavery out West
Which of the following groups joined the Republican Party? Check all that apply.
Free-Soilers
Southern Democrats
Anti-Slavery Democrats
Anti-Slavery Whigs
This person planned to start a slave rebellion and to seize weapons. He was captured and hanged.
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
John Brown
Stephen Douglas
This was a compromise between the North and South that allowed California to enter the union in exchange for the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Compromise of 1850
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Wilmot Proviso
Supreme Court ruling that declared slaves were not citizens of the United States.
Dred Scott Case
Worcester vs Georgia
Marbury vs Madison
Gideon vs Wainwright
The election where Abraham Lincoln defeated three opponents to win the presidency; upon Lincoln’s election Southern states seceded from the Union.
Election of 1776
Election of 1860
Election of 2020
It is the withdrawal of a group from a larger body, especially a political body or nation, but also any organization, union or military alliance.
Nullification
States' Rights
Secession
What did the Fugitive Slave act do?
Required Northers to return slaves that belonged to the south
Help the slaves be free
Helped the U.S be free
George Washington helped the slaves
In the Dred Scott Decision,
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were property, not citizens
The Supreme Court ruled that any person born in the US is a citizen
The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are only slaves if they live in the South
Why did Southerners favor secession rather than accept Abraham Lincoln as president?
Lincoln did not receive a majority of popular votes.
Lincoln wanted to stop the expansion of slavery.
Lincoln said he would emancipate all slaves if elected.
Lincoln wanted settlers in territories to vote on slavery.
The belief that state governments in the U.S. do not answer to a higher authority and are free to nullify national laws.
Manifest Destiny
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
States' Rights
The nullification controversy showed how strongly southerners felt about
slavery
states' rights
religious freedoms
constitutional rights
Why did Northerners and Southerners fight to keep a balance of free and slave states?
to make sure slaves could not rebel against the government
to ensure that one side would not control all of the power in Congress
to make sure the Missouri Compromise does not pass
to make sure land was divided equally between the North and South
Which statement below correctly describes the view of Northerner states on the power of the government?
The Northern states wanted a weak federal government
The Northern states wanted to have a strong federal government
The Northern states wanted strong state governments
The Northern states had no preference on what kind of government should exist
What does the term, "popular sovereignty," mean?
that the people do not get to choose the status of the state
that a king will choose for the people
that the people get to vote on whether their state is a free state or slave state
After the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, why did so many people rapidly move to settle in Kansas?
People wanted Kansas to reach 60,000 people
There was a lot of free land for the farmers to grow crops
Many people were chased out of Texas during the Mexican-American War
Abolitionists and pro-slavery individuals wanted to vote in the Kansas election to determine the state's status
What was referred to as "Bleeding Kansas"?
A drought season in Kansas where crops were "bleeding" dry
A civil war that broke out in Kansas between abolitionists and pro-slavery supporters
A period in Kansas where slaves threw multiple rebellions
