Events Leading to the Civil War

Events Leading to the Civil War

9th - 12th Grade

14 Qs

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9th - 12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What country did the South have a trading partnership with?

England

Russia

Italy

Germany

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 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

2 mins • 1 pt

What arsenal did John Brown attack in 1859?

Kansas

Harper's Ferry

Pottawatomie Massacre

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Eli Whitney invented the _______________________which made the cultivation of cotton quicker and easier.

Cotton Gin

Cotton Combine

Cotton Plow

Cotton Spinner

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe which focused on the atrocities of slavery is called.....

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Atrocities of Slavery

The Underground Railroad

The Southern Overseer

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