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WorksheetsLife Before and Causes of the Civil War
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
What was a significant political issue in the North regarding slavery?
Most Northern workers wanted to expand slavery
Most Northern workers accepted Southern slavery
Most Northern workers were indifferent to slavery
Most Northern workers wanted to abolish slavery
What was the main type of work done by most laborers in the Southern United States?
Mining
Manufacturing
Agriculture
Construction
What was an important political issue for white Southerners at the time?
Homesteading
Transcontinental railroad
Slavery
Voting rights
What challenges did Western farmers face in the 1800s?
Lack of land
Overpopulation
Difficult weather
Industrial competition
Which groups were typically the most powerful in the West?
Native Americans
European immigrants
Wealthy, white landowners
Religious groups
What did Westerners generally support to make travel easier from the West to the East?
Building cars
Constructing a transcontinental railroad
Developing highways
Establishing air travel
Who drafted the Compromise of 1850?
Abraham Lincoln
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
What was prohibited in Washington D.C. as part of the Compromise of 1850?
Slaveholding
Slave trade
Free trade
Immigration
Who was responsible for the violent raid at Harpers Ferry in an attempt to start end slavery?
John W. Geary
George Caleb Bingham
John Brown
Abraham Lincoln
What was the result of the votes being tallied in Kansas?
Kansas was declared a free state.
Kansas was declared a slave territory.
Kansas remained neutral.
Kansas joined the Union.
Which term best describes the violent events that took place in Kansas over the issue of slavery?
Kansas Insurrection
Missouri Uprising
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Skirmish
Why did Dred Scott sue for his freedom?
He was promised freedom by Dr. Emerson.
He lived in free territories and believed he should be free.
He was granted freedom by the state of Missouri.
He was born a free man.
How did some people in the North respond to the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case?
They welcomed the decision as fair.
They said it was an attempt to spread slavery.
They paid little attention to the ruling.
They praised the Court for its wisdom.
What was John Brown's main objective in raiding Harper's Ferry?
To start a slave uprising
To capture federal troops
To negotiate peace
To establish a new government
