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Civil War Causes Review
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A quiz to review the main causes leading up to the Civil War for high school US History students.
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1
What bill made it illegal to help runaway slaves?
Runaway Slave Bill
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Dred Scott Act of 1857
Pro-Slavery Act
2
President-elect Lincoln refused to back the last compromise to save the Union, written by who?
Stephen Douglas
John Crittenden
Henry Clay
John Bell
3
Who was Roger B. Taney?
A famous abolitionist.
General in the Mexican War
Supreme Court Chief Justice in the Dred Scott case.
South Carolina Senator who voted for secession.
4
Which Mississippi senator was chosen as the first president of the Confederate States?
Robert Toombs
Jefferson Davis
Alexander Stephens
John C. Calhoun
5
What does "popular sovereignty" mean in regards to the issue of slavery?
Individual territories could decide to become slave or free.
The Federal government would decide the issue of slavery.
Free states could refuse to follow the Fugitive Slave Act.
Slave states could bring slaves wherever they wanted.
6
What conflict gave the US new land and brought up the issue of slavery in new territories?
The Spanish-American War
The French and Indian War
The Mexican War
The War of 1812
7
Where did John Brown attempt to seize a Federal Arsenal in 1859?
Washington D.C.
Kansas City, Kansas
Atlanta, Georgia
Harper's Ferry, Virginia
8
Which book helped show the evils of slavery and spread abolitionist ideas?
Uncle Tom's Cabin
12 Years a Slave
John Henry
The Dred Scott Decision
9
Which is NOT a reason Northerners were angry regarding the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
It was Federal intervention in states' rights.
They did not want to be forced to work with slave catchers.
They felt that the Act forced all people to support slavery.
The Act made it legal to own 5 slaves or less in the North.
10
Who argued that slavery would never work in California because cotton cannot grow there?
Stephen Douglas
John Bell
Daniel Webster
Abraham Lincoln
11
In the Election of 1860, Lincoln won electoral votes in how many Southern states?
He did not win a single electoral vote in the South.
He won every Southern state.
He won four states.
He won in only Kentucky and Maryland, two border states.
12
The fighting between pro-slavery and abolitionist political groups gave Kansas what name?
"Uncivil Kansas"
"Bleeding Kansas"
"Bloody Kansas"
"Violent Kansas"
13
True of False, in his inaugural address, Lincoln said that Southern states could keep slavery.
True
False
14
Who led runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad?
Frederick Douglass
Harriet Tubman
Dred Scott
Uncle Tom
15
Which state was admitted to the Union as part of the Compromise of 1850?
Utah
Kansas
Nebraska
California
16
The attack on which Federal fort directly led to the Civil War?
Fort Henry
Fort Sumter
Fort Myers
Fort Pierce
17
Lincoln used the Constitution and the Declaration of Ind. to show that African-Americans had?
Some rights but not all whites had.
The same natural rights as others.
He did not use these documents in his speeches.
No rights at all.
18
Southern states believed that to protect their property and way of life, they had to do what?
Add new slave states before Lincoln became president.
Pass Crittenden's Compromise
Secede from the Union
Pass stronger bills than the Kansas-Nebraska Act
19
What bill drafted by Stephen Douglas nullified the Missouri Compromise?
Maine-Missouri Agreement
Kansas Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Compromise of 1854
20
Which abolitionist was known for his belief that only through violent action could slavery end?
John Brown
Frederick Douglass
Abraham Lincoln
William Lloyd Garrison
21
Who was the Southern Democrat candidate in the Election of 1860?
Alexander Stephens
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Calhoun
Jefferson Davis
22
Who won the election of 1856 and promised to end the agitation over slavery?
Henry Clay
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Millard Fillmore
23
Which group eventually became the American Party with their candidate Millard Fillmore in 1856?
Know-Nothings
Free Soil
Whigs
Republicans
24
The Confederate Constitution banned tariffs. What are tariffs?
Taxes on slaves
Taxes applied only on the poor.
Taxes on imports and exports
Taxes on cotton
25
Which party was formed in 1854 on an anti-slavery expansion platform?
Constitutional Union Party
Whig Party
Republican Party
American Party
