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Countdown to Secession

Authored by Jennifer Files

History

8th Grade

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Countdown to Secession
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What is sectionalism?

a feeling of pride, loyalty, and protectiveness toward one's country

loyalty to the interests of one's own region or section of the country

an example that becomes standard practice

U.S. policy opposing European interference in the Western Hemisphere

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Which region of the country had a lot of manufacturing?

The North

The South

The West

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Primarily agricultural. The economy was primarily based upon the existence of large family farms known as plantations. The plantation economy relied on cheap labor in the form of slaves to produce tobacco & cotton. Farmers did not want to do the work themselves.

The North
The South
The West

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What crop became "King" in the South as a result of Eli Whitney's invention?

Tobacco
Ice Cream
Cotton
Corn

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An abolitionist supported which of the following causes?

outlawing alcohol

limiting slavery to southern states

ending slavery

ending women's suffrage

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the secret organization that helped slaves to escape to freedom?

Underground Railroad

American Temperance Union

Seneca Falls Convention

National Road

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Every state north of Missouri's 36°30 border had to be what kind of state?

Frontier

Manifest Destiny

Free State

Slave State

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