Causes of the Civil War Flashcards

1

What is popular sovereignty?

The government chooses for the people.
People draw the result out of a hat.
The people get to decide.
People flip a coin.

2

Where was the first armed conflict of the Civil War?

Fort Sumter
Radford
Gettysburg
Bull Run

3

The North supported...

Weak central government
Strong Supreme Court
Strong central government
States' rights

4

Who won the election of 1860?

Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Pierce

5

What type of industry dominated the North?

Factories
Farming
Cotton
Slavery

6

Did the North or South favor tariffs (taxes)?

North
South

7

The South's economy was based on...

Textiles
Factories
Agriculture
Shipbuilding

8

Which president got stuck in a bathtub?

Theodore Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft

9

What was the name of the crisis in Kansas that resulted in the deaths of about 200 people?

Hurt Kansas
Tough Kansas
Kansas in Crisis
Bleeding Kansas

10

Who is the longest serving president?

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Ronald Reagan

11

The South believed in...

Strong central government
Strong Supreme Court
Weak state governments
States' rights

12

What was the Missouri Compromise?

Maine did not become a state.
Missouri became a slave state and Maine a free state.
Missouri became a free state and Maine a slave state.
Missouri did not become a state.

13

Which was the first state to secede from the Union?

South Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Virginia

14

Which president was elected to two non-consecutive terms?

Bill Clinton
Thomas Jefferson
Grover Cleveland
Abraham Lincoln

15

The Compromise of 1850 was about adding which state to the Union?

Nebraska
California
Kansas
Texas

Causes of the Civil War

Questions 15

Causes of the Civil War

Questions 15