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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
True
B
False
2) Which of the following is NOT true of Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska act was passed?
A
the territory became a slave state before the Civil War
B
two governments were set up in the territory
C
the territory had a pro-slavery government
D
the territory had an anti-slavery government
3) What was the significance of Bleeding Kansas?
A
it peacefully turned Kansas into a slave state
B
it decided the question of slavery once and for all
C
it peacefully turned Kansas into a free 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
Uncle Tom
B
Robert Sandford
C
Dred Scott
D
Frederick Douglass
6) Which of the following was NOT a part of the decision made by the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott case?
A
the Missouri Compromise was unconstituational
B
slaves were property and Congress did not have the power to ban slavery in territories
C
settlers in the territories had the power to decide whether their state would be free or slave
D
slaves were not citizens and could not sue in court
7) Which of the following is NOT something Abraham Lincoln said in his debates with Stephen A. Douglass
A
Slavery was a moral issue... it was either right or wrong
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
A house divided against itself cannot stand
8) Who, with a small group of followers, raided the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry Virginia in 1859?
A
John Brown
B
Stephen Douglas
C
Dred Scott
D
Frederick Douglass
9) The North viewed John Brown as a hero, but the south viewed him as a lunatic.
A
False
B
True
10) What was John Brown's plan when he raided the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia in 1859?
A
help slaves escape through the Underground Railroad
B
inspire Southerners to give up slavery
C
fire the first shots of the Civil War
D
lead an army through the South to free all of the slaves
11) What was the main issue of the presidential election of 1860?
A
slavery
B
immigration
C
Civil War
D
the economy
12) What does secede mean?
A
to abolish slavery
B
to break away
C
to let the people decide
D
to free the slaves
13) Who won the presidential election of 1860?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
Joseph Bell
C
Stephen A. Douglass
D
John C. Breckenridge
14) Why did some Southern states secede from the Union after Abraham Lincoln was elected?
A
their candidate did not win the election
B
he promised to repeal the Fugitive Slave Act
C
they were afraid he would end slavery and there was nothing they could do to stop him
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
Washington D.C.
B
Harpers Ferry, Virginia
C
Fort Sumter, South Carolina
D
Lawrence, Kansas
16) Which side fired the first shots of the Civil War?
A
the Confederate States of America
B
the Union
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