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Causes of the Civil War: Road to Disunion
Causes of the Civil War: Road to Disunion
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A quiz on #causesofthecivilwar, #roadtothecivilwar, #eventsleadinguptothecivilwar, #precivilwar,
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1
This former slave, author, and elegant orator helped spread abolitionism in America.
Malcolm X
Dred Scott
Harriet Tubman
Frederick Douglas
2
Violence erupted in this state over popular sovereignty earning it the nickname Bleeding _____?
Texas
Nebraska
Kansas
California
3
The Virginia & Kentucky Resolution introduced nullification. What is nullification?
Establishing state laws
Legalizing slavery
Banning slavery
Declaring federal laws invalid
4
This final compromise by Stephen Douglas introduced "popular sovereignty" into new territories
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Wilmot Proviso
The Missouri Compromise
The People's Compromise
5
This party was formed in 1848 to stop the spread of slavery in the new territories?
The Democrats
The Republicans
The Anti-Slavery Party
The Free Soil Party
6
This is the concept in which the national and state governments share power?
Democracy
Communism
Federalism
Confederalism
7
How could the pre-war Northern economy be categorized?
Farming based
Socialist
Industrial
Agrarian
8
Abraham Lincoln's debates with this man were covered nationally and their stands on slavery?
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
Stephen Douglas
John C. Calhoun
9
Which was
NOT
part of the Compromise of 1850?
California became a "free" state
A line separating between free & slave states
A stronger fugitive slave law
The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
10
When rebels fired on this federal fort, the Civil War was officially underway?
Fort Necessity
West Point
Fort Sumter
Fort McHenry
11
Abraham Lincoln was a member of this new party created to stop the spread of slavery?
Republicans
Whigs
Democrats
Democratic-Republicans
12
This abolitionist started a newspaper, The Liberator, which greatly angered Southerners?
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
13
The agrarian-based Southern economy relied on this for increased profits?
Modern farming equipment
Slavery
Factories
Tariffs
14
This amendment states powers not given to the national government are reserved for the states?
8th
11th
10th
9th
15
This proposed law banning slavery in the Mexican Cession was not passed by Congress?
Compromise of 1850
Wilmot Proviso
Missouri Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
16
This book by Harriet Beecher Stowe exposed many Americans to the horrors of slavery?
The Narrative of Frederick Douglas
The Life of a Slave
Huckleberry Finn
Uncle Tom's Cabin
17
Who was not part of the
"Great Triumvirate"
in Congress?
John C. Calhoun
Andrew Jackson
Daniel Webster
Henry Clay
18
This political compromise over the spread of slavery drew a line between free & slave states?
The Compromise of 1850
The Wilmot Proviso
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
19
Why were presidents reluctant to annex Texas?
They were afraid of Mexico
It would upset the balance of free & slave states
Because the land was bad
They didn't think it was constitutional
20
What was
NOT
a cause of the Civil War?
Racism only existed in the South
State's rights vs. federal supremacy
Sectionalism
Slavery
21
Which section of the U.S. favored strong state rights?
The agrarian South
The West Coast
The industrialized North
The Western frontier
22
This was the concept that the different regions developed different economic & political goals?
Sectionalism
Federalism
Civil war
Regionalism
23
This man led a raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to lead a slave rebellion?
John Brown
Andrew Jackson
Frederick Douglas
Jefferson Davis
24
This part of the Compromise of 1850 greatly angered Northerners?
California entered as a free state
The Fugitive Slave Act
The slave trade was banned in Washington D.C.
The Texas / New Mexican border dispute was fixed
25
This Vice President & Senator led the Nullification Crisis in response to the Tariff of 1828?
Thomas Jefferson
John C. Calhoun
Henry Clay
John Quincy Adams
26
This concept of extending across North America escalated the debate over spreading slavery?
Manifest Destiny
Imperialism
Federalism
Eastern Expansion
27
After Lincoln was elected this state became the first to secede from the Union?
Virgina
Alabama
Mississippi
South Carolina
28
This Supreme Court case infuriated many Northerners denying due process to African Americans?
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Brown vs. the Board of Education
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Tinker vs. Des Moines
