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Background of the Civil War

Authored by John Fitzsimmons

History

7th - 12th Grade

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Background of the Civil War
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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Plantation agriculture dominated the economy of the South.

true

false

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The measure that admitted Missouri as a slave state, and Maine as a free state, is known as the Maine Compromise.

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The North was mostly rural and had no big cities before the Civil War.

True

False

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

This law allowed plantation owners to pursue slaves into free northern states. Also, under this law, people could be jailed or fined for helping runaway slaves.

Fugitive Slave Act

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Democrat Party

Election of 1852

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following best describes John Brown?

radical abolitionist who used violence to try to end slavery

a peaceful abolitionists who hated violence

a pro-slavery Senator

a strong supporter of slavery who used violence to spread slavery

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How was Frederick Douglass different from many other slaves of his time?

Douglass did not support the antislavery movement in the United States.

Douglass was well educated. His ability to write and spoke eloquently shattered the many stereotypes about slaves.

Douglass won his freedom after he petitioned the Supreme Court.

Douglass was able to gain the respect of southerners for his abolitionist work.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was John Brown's master plan?

To show the democratic party that he would stop at nothing to end slavery

To make American's all across the country to recognize him as a political threat

To get Abraham Lincoln elected

To attack an arsenal and start a slave rebellion

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