Pre-Civil War

Pre-Civil War

5th - 6th Grade

14 Qs

quiz-placeholder

Similar activities

Events before Civil War

Events before Civil War

6th - 8th Grade

9 Qs

Events leading to the Civil War

Events leading to the Civil War

5th - 8th Grade

13 Qs

Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

5th Grade

10 Qs

Pre-Civil War: Compromises

Pre-Civil War: Compromises

KG - University

10 Qs

Steps to the Civil War

Steps to the Civil War

6th Grade

18 Qs

Events of the Civil War

Events of the Civil War

6th - 8th Grade

13 Qs

Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

6th - 8th Grade

19 Qs

Pre-Civil War

Pre-Civil War

Assessment

Quiz

History

5th - 6th Grade

Medium

Created by

Wendi Slone

Used 153+ times

FREE Resource

14 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

* California became a free state
* Utah and New Mexico were created and given popular sovereignty
* ended the slave trade in Washington DC
* Forced a stronger Fugitive Slave Law 
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Emancipation Proclamation
State Taxation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

* Bloody event in Congress on May 22, 1856
* Congressman from South Carolina beat a senator with a cane for insulting the South and his elderly cousin
Bleeding Kansas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
John Brown Raid
Brook's Attack on Sumner

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Senator _______ wanted a transcontinental railroad to cross America from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean.
Henry Clay
Abraham Lincoln
Stephen Douglas
George Washington

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

* Slave Owner moved to a free state
* Abolitionists argued that the slave spent time in a free state so he was entitled to his emancipation
* Chief Justice Roger B. Taney stated that no slave could claim US citizenship
General Ambrose Burnside Case
Texas vs White
Brown vs Board of Education
Scott vs. Sanford

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

* planned to capture weapons in the US arsenal
* wanted slaves to physically fight for their freedom
* radical abolitionist
* led the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre
* caused deaths in Kansas at a raid known as Bleeding Kansas
Preston Brooks
John Brown
Dred Scott
General Lee

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

* Transcontinental Railroad
* Kansas and Nebraska joined as a free state
* Erased the Missouri Compromise Line (36* 30* Parallel)
* New territories had popular sovereignty
Missouri Compromise
Compromise of 1850
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Scott vs Sanford

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word means "before the war"?
prosperous
antebellum
slavery
abolitionist

Create a free account and access millions of resources

Create resources
Host any resource
Get auto-graded reports
or continue with
Microsoft
Apple
Others
By signing up, you agree to our Terms of Service & Privacy Policy
Already have an account?