Search Header Logo

events leading to the civil war

Authored by Stephanie Nelson

History

6th - 8th Grade

Used 20+ times

events leading to the civil war
AI

AI Actions

Add similar questions

Adjust reading levels

Convert to real-world scenario

Translate activity

More...

    Content View

    Student View

13 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is true about the Missouri Compromise?

The Compromise made it so there were the same number of slave and free states.
The Compromise upset the balance of power between free states and slave states in the Senate.
The Compromise was liked by Northerners, but not Southerners.
The Compromise solved all future issues regarding new states.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Nat Turner was:

A slave who led a rebellion
A slave owner who led a rebellion
A slave who married his owner
A slave who died of a cold

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This was a proposal in 1846 to prohibit slavery in the new territories that resulted from the Mexican-American War ...

Dred Scott Decision

The Wilmot Proviso

Faction

Lincoln-Douglas Debate

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

According to the Compromise of 1850, What could New Mexico and Utah territories do?

They could only join the Union as a free state.

The people of the territory could decided where to allow slavery.

They could only join the Union as a slave state.

They could become their own nation.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

This was a Novel that showed how evil slavery was.  It helped the anti-slavery movement grow stronger

Of Mice and Men
Fugitives
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Life of a Slave

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The concept of popular sovereignty under the Kansas-Nebraska Act:

allowed Kansas to enter the Union as a slave state.

made the Underground Railroad legal.

brought about the Dred Scott decision.

allowed the people who lived in Kansas Territory to decide the fate of slavery in the state.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What was Dred Scott's reasoning for being free?

He had lived in free territory
He deserved it
He had worked enough to earn his freedom
His owner said he could

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?