WorksheetsQuiz 1: Civil War Causes
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
What was the primary reason Dred Scott was denied freedom by the Supreme Court?
He was never enslaved
He escaped to Canada
He was not considered a citizen and had no right to sue
He refused to testify
What was the main argument of the dissenting opinion in the Dred Scott decision?
Slavery was illegal in all states
The Constitution should not be followed
African Americans should be allowed to vote
Dred Scott had the right to sue as a freeman
Which event did the Dred Scott decision declare unconstitutional?
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Missouri Compromise
What is sectionalism?
Loyalty to a political party
Loyalty to a specific region over the nation
Support for foreign countries
A military alliance
What was the significance of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
It ended slavery in all states
It allowed California to enter as a slave state
It allowed popular sovereignty to decide slavery
It enforced the Fugitive Slave Law
What caused 'Bleeding Kansas'?
Economic depression
Fighting over slavery during elections
A natural disaster
Attacks by Native Americans
What did abolitionists believe?
Slavery was necessary for the economy
Slavery should be expanded
Slavery was morally wrong and should be abolished
Slaves should be taxed
What was the immediate cause of the Civil War?
Disagreement over tariffs
The Dred Scott decision
States’ right to secede from the Union
Election of Andrew Jackson
What was the purpose of the Missouri Compromise?
To give the North more power
To stop westward expansion
To balance free and slave states
To ban all slavery
What is an abolitionist?
A person who was against slavery
A person who was in favor of slavery
A person who favored state's rights
A person who voted for Jefferson Davis
Who was Jefferson Davis?
A famous abolitionist?
The 16th president of the United States
The president of the Confederacy
Abe Lincoln's vice president
What does Antebellum refer to?
A new kind of warfare
A type of southern music
States that were neither Union nor Confederate
Southern culture before the American Civil War
Who was Harriet Tubman?
An underground railroad conductor who lived in Canada
A famous planation owner that did not own slaves
A former enslaved woman who risked her life to help others to freedom
The founder of the Underground Railroad
What was the Underground Railroad?
A secret amusement park that only allowed white people
A railroad that only ran at night
A type of language used by enslaved people
A system of safe houses that escaping people could use on their journey to freedom
Who was Dred Scott?
A pirate
An enslaved man who sued for his freedom
A former enslaved man who wrote a book about his plantation experiences
The president of the Confederacy
Who were the primary generals of the American Civil War?
Lee (Confederate) and Grant (Union)
Grant (Confederate) and Lee (Union)
Davis (Confederate) and Lincoln (Union)
Douglass (Union) and Tubman (Confederate)
What state (s) prompted the Compromise of 1850?
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
California
What is popular sovereignty?
The ability of state residents to vote for the laws they want in their state
A government ruled by a king
When a state decides to separate from a country
A new kind of war strategy used by the South
What does secede mean?
To win a battle
To separate from a whole as the southern states did from the Union
To killa president who is unarmed
It is the opposite of compromise
Which state was the first to secede from the Union?
Maryland
South Carolina
Mississippi
Florida
What was the last factor that caused SC to secede from the Union?
Lincoln was elected president
The Fugitive Slave Act
The Dred Scott Case
The Compromise of 1850
A new kind of bullet that was more accurate and allowed soldiers to shoot from a distance was called
Ballistic Missile
Sovereignty
Minie Balls
Bouncing Bettys
Two things that came out of the Compromise of 1850 that favored the North were:
The fugitive slave act and California became a free state
California became a free state and Kansas started to bleed
DC could no longer sell humans and CA was a free state
State's Rights and The Fugitive Slave Act
Two things that came out of the Compromise of 1850 that favored the South were:
The Fugitive Slave Act and popular sovereignty for new states
The Fugitive Slave Act and Maine is a free state
The Dred Scott Decision and Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter and the secession of 11 states
This court decision stated that no one of African descent could be considered a United States citizen.
Lincoln-Douglas
Dred Scott
Frederick Douglass
The Missouri Compromise
Why did people start moving to Kansas?
They wanted to meet Auntie Em
The Kansas-Nebraska Act permitted popular sovereignty and people wanted to affect the outcome of the vote
Jefferson Davis was holding a political rally there
The Lincoln-Douglas debates were held there
What are two events that led to "Bleeding Kansas"?
The Dred Scott decision and Fugitive Slave Act
The Annexation of Texas and Florida Acquisition
The destruction of Lawrence, KS and John Brown raid
The assassination of Lincoln and election of Andrew Jackson
What battle was the first of the American Civil War?
Gettysburg
Antietam
South Mountain
Fort Sumter
