Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these was the movement in the United States to end the slave trade and free slaves?

 the abolitionist movement 
the suffrage movement
the states' rights movement 
the environmental justice movement

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why were Abolitionists  in the 1840s opposed annexation of new western territory to the United States?

they feared the admission of new slave states 
they wanted to limit the power of the national government
they were concerned with the legal rights of Native American Indians
they supported an isolationist foreign policy 

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which piece of legislation stated that Slavery was banned north of the 36’30° and allowed it south of the line?

Compromise of 1850 
3/5 Compromise
Missouri Compromise 
The Kansas-Nebraska Act

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which through off the balance between free and slave states when they applied to join the Union in 1849?

Nebraska
Kansas
California
Oregon

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Missouri Compromise (1820), the Compromise of 1850, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) were all efforts to _______________________.

end fighting between mid-western farmers and Native American Indians 
encourage manufacturing in the West
increase the number of people who voted in presidential elections
settle disputes over the spread of slavery to the western territories

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___________ is defined as “rivalry based on the special interests of different areas.”

States' Rights
Popular Sovereignty
Sectionalism
Segregation

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, what did the principle of “popular sovereignty” mean with regards to new states joining the Union?

It left the determination of the status of slavery in a territory to the residents.
It was extremely unpopular in the South, but popular in the North.
It helped ease tensions between pro- and antislavery factions in Kansas. 
It was a key tenet of the Missouri Compromise. 

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