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Events leading to the Civil War

Authored by Lisa Gaeta

History

8th Grade

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Events leading to the Civil War
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What was the key difference between the Northern and Southern economies that helped lead to war?

The Southern economy depended on slavery and the Northern economy did not

The North was predominantly Protestant and had organized religion

North was more populous than the South

the South was agricultural and the North focused on Industry

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This was passed by the United States Congress on September 18, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850

Compromise of 1850

Underground Railroad

Fugitive Slave Act

Wilmot Proviso

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

While the South's economy was predominantly agricultural the North possessed a strong agrarian backbone

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

This act established Kansas and Nebraska as territories and allowed residents to decide on whether or not to allow slavery in the newly established territories

Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854

Wilmot Proviso

Compromise of 1850

Fugitive Slave Act

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Compromise of 1850 included five different laws. Which law was beneficial to the North as part of this compromise?

South would have to pay the North for any captured slaves

South promised to reduce the number of slaves

Slavery was outlawed in the Louisiana territory

California was admitted as a free state

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The Fugitive Slave Act provided for the

payment to slaveholders for escaped slaves

safe passage for slaves

expansion of slavery to free slaves

recovery of runaway slaves

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What arsenal did John Brown attack in 1859?

Kansas

Harper's Ferry

Pottawatomie Massacre

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