Unit: Civil War
Lesson: Causes of the Civil War
Name
QUIZ
Use the word bank to fill in the blank with the correct keyterm.
2. The
through the Constitution, they moved closer to
while the South relied on
of the North and South differed. The North was driven by
3. As
continued, the federal government attempted to keep the
number of free states and slave states balanced.
4. Delegates from the southern states proposed
which would allow them to rule federal
acts unconstitutional and allow them to continue to act independently.
5.
6. When the
were those who fought to end
passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, the hope was that
would peacefully decide if a new state would be a free state or
slave state
westward expansion
WORD BANK
abolitionists
economies
slavery
nullification
states' rights
secession
Industry
popular sovereignty federal government agriculture
Choose the best answer.
7. Which of these was not a cause of the Civil War?
a. The execution of John Brown led northerners to view him as a martyr while southerners began to
militarize for future raids.
b. Popular sovereignty resulted in violent fighting over the status of new states being free or not.
c. President Lincoln ordered the attack on Fort Sumter off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina,
d. The North wanted to abolish slavery, while the South depended on it for its economy.
8. Why were southern states unhappy with Abraham Lincoln winning the 1860 presidential election?
a. Lincoln was not on the presidential ballot in many of the southern states.
b. Lincoln had promised to invade the southern states in order to end slavery.
c Lincoln had helped John Brown organize his raid on Harper's Ferry.
d. all of the above
Maryland
Florida
9. Circle the states that seceded from the US
Missouri
Kansas
Georgia
Texas
South Carolina Alabama
Kentucky Mississippi
10. Which of the following was not a ruling of Scott . Sanford?
a. An enslaved person could not become free by traveling to a free state or territory.
b. A free African-American was a citizen of the US.
c. An enslaved person was considered property and didn't have any rights.
d. Congress could not prevent the spread of slavery into the western territories.
11. Describe three causes of the Civil War. Include specific examples in your response.
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