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Events Leading to Civil War

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Someone who believes in states' rights would BEST support which of the following statements?

a)

National Laws are more important than state laws

b)

We should obey all federal laws

c)

There is no need for a national government

d)

The National government has no right telling states how to handle their business

2.

Why was the Georgia Platform important

a)

It stated that Georgia had a right to nullify any federal law dealing with cotton

b)

I stated that Georgia would not accept the terms of the COmpromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

c)

It stated that Georgia would accept the Compromise of 1850 if the North enforced the Fugitive Slave Law

d)

It stated that Georgia would secede from the Union

3.

What was the purpose of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850?

a)

They both dealt with slavery in the new territories

b)

They both dealt with nullification

c)

They both made the south get an advantage in the Senate

d)

They led to the election of Abraham Lincoln

4.

Which part of the United States supported Abraham Lincoln most in becoming president in the election of 1860?

a)

north

b)

South

c)

East

d)

South Carolina

5.

What was another name for the South during the Civil War?

a)

Union

b)

Whigs

c)

Tories

d)

Confederacy

6.

What is being described? California was admitted as a free state; Fugitive Slave Act was passed; Slavery was banned in Washington, D.C.

a)

The Missouri Compromise

b)

The Georgia Platform

c)

The Nullification Crisis

d)

The Compromise of 1850

7.

The election of Abraham Lincoln led to

a)

southern states seceding from the Union

b)

southern states protesting with a March in Washington DC

c)

northern states nullifying the election results

d)

a recount in Illinoise

8.

What was the Fugitive Slave Act?

a)

A law that made slave owners return the slaves that they stole from other plantations

b)

A law that made the plantation owners return any slaves that rebelled rather than cause harm to them physically

c)

A law that made northern states return any slaves that escaped from the South

d)

A law that stated that slaves were property

9.

Alexander Stephens fought the debate over secession in Georgia. If Georgia leaders had voted for secession, Georgia would have ____.

a)

Joined the Union

b)

Seceded from the Confederacy

c)

seceded from the Union

d)

won the war

10.

North and South had conflict over which of the following?

a)

Slavery

b)

The enforcement of tariffs

c)

states' rights

d)

All of these

11.

The idea of Nullification, to make something null and viod, came out of what event the angered the south while trying to help the north?

a)

Tariff of 1828

b)

Compromise of 1860

c)

Election of 1960

d)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

12.

What were the 2 hot-button issued that led to the American Civil War?

a)

Slavery and States Rights

b)

Manifest Destiny and Indian Removal

c)

California Gold Rush and Missouri Compromise

d)

Election of James K.Polk and the passage of the Northwest Ordinance

13.

What happened as a direct result of Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860?

a)

South Carolina and many other southern states seceeded from the Union

b)

Michigan came in as a free state

c)

California was rejected as a state because of population loss

d)

Confederate forced attacted Richmond, Virginia.

14.

What are Tariffs?

a)

Taxes on Exports

b)

Taxes on Imports

c)

Taxes on Legislators

d)

The paycheck of the President