Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

8th Grade

30 Qs

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Causes of the Civil War

Causes of the Civil War

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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

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

3.

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

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why was slavery an important part of the Southern economy?

Plantation owners needed slaves to cook their meals.
The land in the South provided farmers with good soil to grow cash crops but the land was so large that plantation owners needed more hands to work the land.
Factories began to spread and there was a greater need for free labor.
White indentured servants wanted more money. 

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What piece of legislation included all of the following?
o  All citizens were required to report runaway slaves o  Anyone caught helping runaway slaves would be fined or jailed
o  Slaves had no right to jury trial
o  Anyone sending runaway slaves back to their owners would receive cash payment

The Missouri Compromise of 1820
the Wilmot Proviso of 1846
the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Identify the Supreme Court case that angered northerners because it said that slavery could exist anywhere in the United States based on the idea that slaves were “property.”

Marbury v. Madison
Dred Scott Decision
Plessy v. Ferguson
Brown v. The Board of Education

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What way did “Bleeding Kansas,” John Brown’s raid on Harpers Ferry, and the Dred Scott Decision all have a similar effect on the United States? 

they ended conflict over slavery in the territories
they made sectional compromise more difficult
they contributed to the formation of the Whig Party
they eased tensions between the North and the South 

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