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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3hrs 2mins

Name

Class

Date

This law said Americans could ^_NOT help runaway slaves.

Missouri Compromise

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas Nebraska Act

Dred Scott Case

This law sparked three years of violence in the Midwest.

Missouri Compromise

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas Nebraska Act

Dred Scott Case

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote a book to show the cruelties of slavery. What was it called?

Uncle Bob's Stories

Uncle Tom's Hotel

Uncle Joe's Best Recipes

Uncle Tom's Cabin

This person led a raid at Harper's Ferry, VA in an attempt to rob the armory and steal weapons to fight against slavery.

Abraham Lincoln

Nat Turner

John Brown

Harriet Tubman

The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to people flooding into these territories from the north and south to vote on slavery. This led to what event?

Bleeding Kansas

Red Kansas

Civil War I

Missouri Compromise Conflict

The Missouri Compromise Line determined the status of slavery in future states. North of the line slavery was ___________ or banned, South of the line slavery was _________.

permitted, prohibited

prohibited, permitted or allowed

sometimes prohibited, never allowed

cheap, expensive

What did Uncle Tom’s Cabin convince the North of?

That it was ok to own a slave

That you shouldn’t have more than two slaves

That Uncle Tom had a nice cabin

That slavery was wrong

What Claim Did Dred Scott Sue With?

Slavery Is Illegal

Since He Had Once Lived In An Anti-Slavery Area He Would Always Be Free

No One Should be a Slave or Own Slaves.

People with Slaves Should be Prosecuted

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

That slavery diminished the national character.

That African American rights were protected by the Constitution.

That African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court because they were not citizens

That slavery should be abolished by executive order

10.

Which law allowed slave holders to gain access to the north to retrieve their runaway slaves

Fugitive Immigrant Law

Runaway Slave Clause

Fugitive Slave Law

Property Abandonment Clause

11.

The Compromise of 1850 allowed which state to enter the United States as a free state?

Utah

New Mexico

California

Texas

12.

Why did Abraham Lincoln send troops to Fort Sumter?

To recapture it from the South

To resupply the fort

To strengthen its defenses

To spy on the South

13.

What was the first state to secede?

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

Texas

14.

The first shots that started the Civil War began at

Sherman's March

Gettysburg

The First Battle of Bull Run

Fort Sumter

15.

What was apparent following the presidential election of 1860?

Southern states were eager to abolish slavery.

Lincoln was popular throughout the nation.

The nation was divided over slavery

Northern states did not support the Republican party

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Causes of the Civil War

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3hrs 2mins

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