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WorksheetsAlice US History as Origin of the Civil War
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 14mins
Where was the Missouri Compromise line located?
North of the 36°30' line
South of the 40° line
East of the Mississippi River
West of the Rocky Mountains
Who proposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Stephen A. Douglas
Senator Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
What was the outcome of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
Led to Bleeding Kansas
Ended the Mexican-American War
Established the Underground Railroad
Created the state of California
What was the South's economy heavily based on?
Exporting cotton
Manufacturing goods
Mining coal
Fishing and whaling
What did the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 require?
All slaves to be freed.
Escaped slaves to be captured and returned.
Slavery to be abolished in the North.
Slaves to be given voting rights.
What was the significance of the Dred Scott decision in 1857?
It granted freedom to all slaves.
It declared African Americans could not be citizens.
It abolished slavery in the South.
It allowed slaves to sue in federal court.
What did the newly independent Mexican government encourage in 1821?
Abolition of slavery
Settlement of Texas by American settlers
War with the United States
Independence of California
What was the main conflict in the Mexican-American War?
Dispute over California
Annexation of Texas
Control of the Mississippi River
Independence of Mexico
What did the Texas Revolution lead to?
Texas becoming a US state immediately
Texas becoming an independent republic
Texas remaining under Mexican control
Texas joining the Confederacy
What was the main purpose of the Wilmot Proviso?
To expand slavery into new territories
To prohibit slavery in territories acquired from Mexico
To support the Democratic Party
To promote industrialization
In which year was the Wilmot Proviso introduced?
1846
1854
1860
1858
Who was the first Republican president of the United States?
Stephen Douglas
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
Who led the raid on Harper's Ferry?
Frederick Douglass
John Brown
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
Who wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Lloyd Garrison
What did the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" highlight?
Economic policies
The atrocities of slavery
Immigration issues
Industrialization
Which of these BEST describes the belief of "Manifest Destiny"?
the belief that the U.S. should send astronauts to the moon
the belief that the U.S. should occupy all lands between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
the belief that slavery in the U.S. was a state issue
the belief that the U.S. should prevent European military activity in the hemisphere
Which of these was a DIRECT result of the failed slave revolt of Nat Turner in 1831?
Southern legislatures questioned the moral foundation of slavery.
Laws greatly restricting the legal rights of free blacks and slaves were passed.
Congress passed a law that would phase out the importation of African slaves.
President Buchanan was elected for a second term.
What is the term for the strip of land in present-day Arizona and New Mexico for which the United States paid Mexico $10 million in 1853?
Gadsen Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
Alaska Purchase
Oregon Treaty
What was Bleeding Sumner?
A violent attack in the U.S. Senate
A battle during the Civil War
A protest against British rule
A famous speech by Abraham Lincoln
Which Supreme Court decision effectively invalidated the Missouri Compromise as unconstitutional?
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Lincoln v. Douglas
Plessy v. Ferguson
John Brown v. the United States
Why were the Lincoln-Douglas debates significant?
They publicized Stephen Douglas’s support for the abolitionist movement.
They publicized Abraham Lincoln’s support of popular sovereignty.
They gained Abraham Lincoln national attention.
They helped Abraham Lincoln become a senator.
Which best describes the reaction to the events that took place at Harper’s Ferry?
Most Northerners supported both John Brown’s actions and his intentions, while most Southerners felt that it would bring about a Civil War.
Most Southerners supported both John Brown’s actions and his intentions, while most Northerners felt that it would bring about a Civil War.
Most Southerners praised John Brown as a hero and a martyr, while many abolitionists in the North feared for their lives.
Some Northerners praised John Brown as a hero and a martyr, while many Southerners felt they couldn’t remain a part of the country that would allow it to happen.
Before the Civil War, which principle was proposed as a means of deciding the legalization of slavery in a new state?
popular sovereignty
abolitionism
states' rights
secession
President Lincoln made this statement in an effort to
urge Congress to spend money to buy the freedom of slaves
convince Southerners that he posed no threat to their way of life
offer to compromise his position regarding territorial expansion of slavery
persuade Americans that war between the North and South was unavoidable
