WorksheetsCauses Of Civil War Quiz
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The North was an economy based largely on:
a)
Agriculture
b)
Industry (factories)
c)
shipping
d)
Cotton Products
2.
The Southern economy was based on:
a)
Shipping
b)
Industry
c)
Agriculture
d)
Nationalism
3.
People who wanted to end slavery were called
a)
Freeman's Bureau
b)
NAACP
c)
Abolitionists
d)
Northerners United Against Slavery
4.
Nullification Doctrine is the idea that ...
a)
a state can choose if it will be a slave state or a free state.
b)
a state can nullify certain laws from other states.
c)
slaves are considered property and not people.
d)
a state can pick and choose which federal law it wants to follow.
5.
Which state invoked the nullification doctrine during this time period and why?
a)
Georgia / Federal Transportation Laws
b)
South Carolina / Federal Slaves Laws
c)
Georgia / Federal Tariff Laws
d)
South Carolina / Federal Tariff Laws
6.
This President was called a traitor because he was southern and threatened to send troops to invade another southern state over it's nullification issues.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Thomas Jefffersson
c)
Andrew Jackson
d)
George Washington
7.
During the 1800s, the south’s most important cash crop was ________________.
a)
Cotton
b)
Tobacco
c)
Wheat
d)
Indigo
8.
What were the two main topics/arguments that divided the North and the South?
a)
Slavery and Trade
b)
Slavery and Taxes
c)
Slavery and States Rights
d)
Slavery and Economics
9.
Which best describes the economic reason many people in the north was against slavery.
a)
They felt it was morally wrong to own a person and make them work for no pay against their will.
b)
They felt the bible and Christianity was against slavery.
c)
The felt the slaves were bad people and should always be kept in bondage.
d)
The north opposed slavery because they had to pay their workers while those in the south didn't.
10.
The US government imposed a tariff on goods coming from Europe which enraged plantation owners in the NORTH.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
11.
The 36' 30' latitude line was involved in which of the following significant acts leading to the civil war?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Election of 1860
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
12.
This significant event helped keep a balance in congress by adding one slave and one free state.
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Election of 1860
c)
Missouri Compromise
d)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
13.
These two states were added as a result of the Missouri Compromise?
a)
Missouri and Compromise
b)
Missouri and Michigan
c)
Missouri and Maine
d)
Missouri and Georgia
14.
Maine was added to the union as a slave state.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
15.
Missouri was added as a slave state as a result of the Missouri compromise.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
16.
California admitted as a free state; Fugitive slave act was passed; slave trade was banned in Washington D.C. was all a part of what important event leading to the civil war?
a)
Compromise of 1850
b)
Missouri Compromise
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Election of 1860
17.
This stated that Georgia will only stay in the union if the North enforces the fugitive slave act and stops trying to make new states being added to the Union be free states.
a)
Georgia Act
b)
Georgia Compromise
c)
Georgia Statement
d)
Georgia Platform
18.
Which of the following BEST describes The Fugitive Slave Act
a)
A law that made slaves fugitives.
b)
A law that made it illegal for slaves to escape their masters.
c)
A law that made it illegal to not return runaway slaves back to their masters.
d)
A law that made it illegal to not return runaway slaves to their owners and made it illegal to help slaves escape and remain free.
19.
This was a landmark case in the supreme court.
a)
Dred Scott Case
b)
Dred Mott Case
c)
Fred Scott Case
d)
Jenna Miles Case
20.
The Dred Scott ruling allowed slaves to be free if they were in Northern States.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
In Dred Scott vs. Sanford the supreme court ruled that based on the 5th amendment slaves were to be considered _______________ not citizens.
a)
Property
b)
Money Makers
c)
Unworthy
d)
Free to Leave
22.
This was the last event that caused southern states to begin leaving the union.
a)
Missouri Compromise
b)
Compromise of 1850
c)
Kansas-Nebraska Act
d)
Election of 1860
23.
This party was formed to rid the US of Slavery:
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Citizen
d)
Zionist
24.
What party won the election of 1860?
a)
Democrat
b)
Republican
c)
Citizen
d)
Zionist
25.
Who was elected President in Nov of 1860 and then became president in Jan of 1861?
a)
Lincoln
b)
Douglas
c)
Jackson
d)
Bell
26.
What state was the first to leave the union shortly after Lincoln's election.
a)
Georgia
b)
South Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Mississippi
e)
Alabama
27.
Why did Lincoln's election cause so many states to leave the union?
a)
He vowed to raise taxes on slaves.
b)
He vowed to end slavery
c)
He had big feet which turned the ladies of the south off.
28.
Which state succeeded from the union on Jan 19, 1861.
a)
South Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Maine
d)
Missouri
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