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Civil War Causes

Quiz by Tiffany Daggercummings

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  • Q1
    What was the immediate effect of the Confederacy firing on Fort Sumter, South Carolina?
    It caused the beginning of the Nullification Crisis.
    It caused the beginning of the Civil War.
    It caused Southern states to secede.
    It caused the end of the Civil War
    60s
  • Q2
    If you supported the cause of states' rights, what might you point to to back up your argument?
    The Declaration of Independence
    The Tenth Amendment to the Constituition
    Article III of the Constitution
    The First Amendment to the Constitution
    60s
  • Q3
    Which event happened first?
    The Kansas-Nebraska Act
    The Missouri Compromise
    The Nullification Crisis
    60s
  • Q4
    If you wanted to nullify a quiz you took in history class, what might you do?
    Ask to retake the quiz.
    Fight your teacher over the right to take the quiz.
    Promise that you'd do better on the next quiz.
    Ask your teacher to throw the results of the quiz away.
    60s
  • Q5
    In the years before the Civil War, which state was most likely to favor higher tariffs?
    New York
    Mississippi
    Georgia
    South Carolina
    60s
  • Q6
    Under the rules of Missouri Compromise, what had to happen every time a slave state joined the Union?
    The Supreme Court would have to decide whether slavery was legal.
    The President of the US had to open up new free territories.
    The voters in the state had to decide whether slavery was legal.
    A free state also had to be admitted to the Union.
    60s
  • Q7
    What was the central point of the Dred Scott decision?
    That states could not nullify federal laws.
    That slaves had no rights anywhere in the US.
    That the Kansas-Nebraska act was illegal.
    The slavery was legal only in the South.
    60s
  • Q8
    What event might you attend if you were an abolitionist.
    A slaves’ right convention
    An anti-slavery rally
    A rally opposing high tariffs
    A slave auction
    60s
  • Q9
    How many states succeeded from the Union.
    10
    11
    19
    12
    60s

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