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Unit 6 Civil War

History, Social Studies

8th Grade

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Unit 6 Civil War
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What impact did the presidential election of 1860 have on Southern States?

Southern States were happy that Abraham Lincoln was elected president

Once elected Abraham Lincoln promised to end slavery

Abraham Lincoln's election caused many southern states to secede

It didn't really have an impact

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Who wrote the Emancipation Proclamation?

Andrew Jackson

Abraham Lincoln

Franklin Roosevelt

Thomas Jefferson

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was one purpose of General William T. Sherman's total war strategy through Georgia?

To prove he was the most skilled General

allow troops under his command to get rest

to break the spirits of Confederate citizens

To find ships to sail his troops north

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Part of the Compromise of 1850, this act required northern states to return runaway slaves to the their masters in the South

Emancipation Proclamation

Fugitive Slave Act

Georgia Platform

Dred Scott Case

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

*Admitted California as a Free State

*Let the territories of New Mexico and Utah decide the issue of slavery in their states

*Banned the slave trade in Washington D.C.

*Created a Fugitive Slave Act


All of these are describing what?

Compromise of 1850

Missouri Compromise

Georgia Platform

Dred Scott decision

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes the Emancipation Proclamation?

Declared slaves in all states, and territories to be free

It allowed slavery to continue in states/territories where it already existed

Declared slaves in REBELLIOUS states to be free

None of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does "nullification" refer to?

following a federal law

Nothing, its a made up word

Ignoring a federal law

none of the above

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