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Causes Of The Civil War Review Game Part II
Test Description: Events leading to the Civil War
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) The North supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act while the South felt it was a betrayal.
A
False
B
True
2) Which of the following is NOT true of Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed?
A
the territory had an anti-slavery government
B
the territory had a pro-slavery government
C
the territory became a slave state before the Civil War
D
two governments were set up in the territory
3) What was the significance of Bleeding Kansas?
A
it decided the question of slavery once and for all
B
it peacefully turned Kansas into a free state
C
it peacefully turned Kansas into a slave state
D
it showed that popular sovereignty wasn't an effective way to deal with the slavery issue
4) Representative Charles Sumner beat Senator Preston Brooks with a cane in Congress in retaliation for a speech Brooks made that advocated Kansas enter the Union as a free state.
A
False
B
True
5) Who was the slave form Missouri who sued for his freedom?
A
Frederick Douglass
B
Robert Sandford
C
Uncle Tom
D
Dred Scott
6) Which of the following was NOT a part of the decision made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
A
slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court
B
the Missouri Compromise was unconstituational
C
slaves were property and Congress did not have the power to ban slavery in territories
D
settlers in the territories had the power to decide whether their state would be free or slave
7) Which of the following is NOT something Abraham Lincoln said in his debates with Stephen A. Douglass
A
A house divided against itself cannot stand
B
Slavery was legal forever due to the Dred Scott Supreme Court Decision
C
The U.S. could not exist as half slave and half free, it had to be all one or the other
D
Slavery was a moral issue... it was either right or wrong
8) Who, with a small group of followers, raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia in 1859?
A
Stephen Douglas
B
Dred Scott
C
Frederick Douglass
D
John Brown
9) The North viewed John Brown as a hero, but the south viewed him as a lunatic.
A
True
B
False
10) What was John Brown's plan when he raided the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?
A
lead an army through the South to free all of the slaves
B
help slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
C
fire the first shots of the Civil War
D
inspire Southerners to give up slavery
11) What was the main issue of the presidential election of 1860?
A
slavery
B
the economy
C
immigration
D
Civil War
12) What does secede mean?
A
to let the people decide
B
to abolish slavery
C
to free the slaves
D
to break away
13) Who won the presidential election of 1860?
A
John C. Breckenridge
B
Stephen A. Douglass
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
Joseph Bell
14) Why did some Southern states secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
A
their candidate did not win the election
B
they were afraid he would end slavery and there was nothing they could do to stop him
C
he promised to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act
D
they wanted slavery to spread throughout all of America
15) Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired on April 12, 1861?
A
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
B
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
C
Washington D.C.
D
Lawrence, Kansas
16) Which side fired the first shots of the Civil War?
A
the Union
B
the Confederate States of America
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