WorksheetsCAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which outcome best completes the diagram?
American Revolution
Popular Sovereignty
Manifest Destiny
Civil War
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
What was the fundamental question addressed in each of the congressional acts above?
Should the U.S. expand westward?
Should states be allowed to nullify federal laws?
Should slave labor be allowed in new states?
Should states be able to secede from the Union?
Which economy relied heavily on Industrialization and paid labor
North
South
West
Which economy relied heavily on agriculture and slavery
North
South
West
Kansas-Nebraska Act gave the people of these territories the right to vote on slavery. What piece of legislation did it overturn?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
Compromise of 1850
Henry Clay Treaty
Lincoln Agreement
different geographical areas of the U.S. have different beliefs and values, which can cause tension.
Sectionalism
Localism
Partiality
Provincialism
When California applied for statehood as a free state, it created a problem for our nation. What did it upset?
Southern slave states
The balance of power in Congress
Northern Free States
Foreign alliances with Pacific Coast allies
Bleeding Kansas was a result of which law?
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Missouri Compromise
Compromise 1850
Fugitive Slave Law
A plan to allow California to be admitted to the Union as a free state, also agreed to pass the Fugitive Slave Act
Compromise 1850
Missouri Compromise
Compromise 1865
Kansas-Nebraska Act
A feeling of pride or loyalty to your region/section of the country
supporter
pride
secession
sectionalism
As a result of the MO Compromise, Maine became a free state and ___________ became a slave state.
Louisiana
Alabama
Kansas
Missouri
What did the MO Compromise say about runaway slaves?
They could be captured and returned to their owners.
They would be free.
They would be sent to Liberia.
The Compromise of 1850 admitted _________ as a free state.
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Utah
A Civil War means:
A war between citizens of the same country.
A war in which all soldiers are volunteers.
A war that is fought mainly in cities.
A war against a colonial power.
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 is being addressed by the poster?
States' Rights
Popular Sovereignty
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Underground Railroad
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 upset the North most?
Ending the slave trade in Washington DC.
Allowing California to enter the US as a free state.
The stricter Fugitive Slave Act.
Allowing the territories of Utah and New Mexico to vote on slavery.
Which are components of the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri is admitted as a slave state.
Maine is admitted as a free state.
36-30 line used to divide free state and slave state territory
California was admitted at a free state.
Which of these are components of the Compromise of 1850?
California is admitted as a free state.
Fugitive Slave Act is strengthened
slave trade abolished in Washington, DC
Maine was admitted as a free state.
American belief that it is our God given right to expand the U.S. from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Manifest Destiny
American System
Spoils System
popular sovereignty
The Fugitive Slave Act
Banned slavery in Washington D.C.
Provided safety for escaped slaves
Forced all Americans to help catch escaped slaves
Offered free slaves land in the West
The underlying cause of the Civil War was
The Supreme Court's unwillingness to rule on slavery
The Democratic party commitment to Abolitionism
Section tensions created by slavery and states rights
The North's unwillingness to compromise on tariffs
The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 were attempts by the federal government to
Settle border disputes with Mexico
Control the migration of settlers to the western territories
Reduce the conflict over slavery
Limit immigration from Europe
