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WorksheetsReasons for Civil War U.S. History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
Slavery was _____ in the border states.
illegal
legal
widespread
not an issue
In 1860 the Republican candidate for president was ____.
John Bell
John Breckinridge
Stephen A. Douglas
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the enslaved African American whose suit for freedom reached the U.S. Supreme Court?
Roger Taney
Millard Fillmore
John Frémont
Dred Scott
Which was the first state to secede?
Texas
Alabama
North Carolina
South Carolina
Who won the presidential election of 1856?
John C. Calhoun
Millard Fillmore
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Due to its proximity to Washington, D.C., and the Confederate capital, it was critical to keep the border state of ____ from seceding.
Maryland
Missouri
Kentucky
Delaware
An issue in the election of 1844 was the annexation of ____.
California
Missouri
Texas
Kansas
When the United States added new territory in the 1840s, ____.
the railroads were expanded
the debate over slavery started again
land was given to Native Americans
it was immediately made a state in the Union
One of the North’s main advantages in fighting the war was _____.
a strong fighting spirit
it had a larger population than the South
strong military leadership
it knew the land
What was one outcome of the U.S.-Mexican War?
Texas became a state.
California became part of the United States.
Slavery was banned from the territories the United States took from Mexico.
Southerners began talking about seceding from the Union.
