A Dividing Nation
Quiz on the causes of the civil war
- 1.
In the Missouri Compromise, Maine was admitted as a free state, Missouri was admitted as a slave state and
- A.
The 36/30 line divided the rest of the United States into Free and Slave
- B.
The 30/36 line divided the Missouri and Kansas/Nebraska Territory
- C.
The 36/30 line divided the Louisiana Territory into Free and Slave
- D.
The 36/30 line divided the Northern and Southern states
Correct Answer
C. The 36/30 line divided the Louisiana Territory into Free and Slave -
- 2.
What effect did Uncle Tom's Cabin have on people in the North?
- A.
It made them move to Kansas to try to stop slavery
- B.
It made them care less about slavery
- C.
It made more people decide slavery was a good thing
- D.
It made more people abolitionists
Correct Answer
D. It made more people abolitionists -
- 3.
The Kansas - Nebraska Act created the territories of
Correct Answer
- 4.
Bleeding Kansas was a result of the Kansas - Nebraska act because
- A.
Proslavery and antislavery settlers rushed to Kansas to vote
- B.
John Brown started problems in Kansas and the South was upset
- C.
Antislavery 'Border Ruffians" were attacking people in Missouri
- D.
All of the above
Correct Answer
A. Proslavery and antislavery settlers rushed to Kansas to vote -
- 5.
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, VA, caused a stir in the South, but what really worried southerners was
- A.
The fact that other southerners were supporting Brown
- B.
Abraham Lincoln's approval of John Brown
- C.
The North's reaction to John Brown as a hero
- D.
The fear that there might be more people like Brown in the South
Correct Answer
C. The North's reaction to John Brown as a hero -
- 6.
Which event caused the Southern states to secede from the Union?
- A.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
- B.
Fort Sumter
- C.
The Election of 1860
- D.
John Brown's Raid
Correct Answer
C. The Election of 1860 -
- 7.
Which event turned the secession crisis into a Civil War?
- A.
John Brown's Raid
- B.
Fort Sumter
- C.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- D.
The Election of 1860
Correct Answer
B. Fort Sumter -
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