Chapter 21 - A Divided Nation

Chapter 21 - A Divided Nation

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Chapter 21 - A Divided Nation

Chapter 21 - A Divided Nation

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What reason did the Fugitive Slave law support?

plantation owners did not want returned slaves

many slaves moved to Canada

Northerners refused to obey the law

hounded slave catchers returned to the South

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?

it settled the slavery issue in Nebraska

it calmed the country's dispute over slavery

it required that the new territories would be free states

it led to a violent struggle over slavery in Kansas

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Supreme Court's decision in the Dred Scott case?

that slavery diminished the national character

that African American rights were protected by the Constitution

that African Americans did not have the right to sue in federal court

that slavery should be abolished by executive order

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did John Brown hope to achieve by his raid at Harper's Ferry?

to create a slave rebellion that would bring an end to slavery

to ring attention to the conflict between the North and South

to bring the two sides together to form a new compromise

to create a revolution that would lead to a war between the states

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which event turned the secession crisis into a civil war?

the election of Abraham Lincoln

South Carolina's shelling of Fort Sumter

John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry

Preston Brook's attack on Charles Sumner

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The main issue of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

John Brown's raid

the future of slavery

who would be the best senator from Illinois

who would be the best president in the 1860 election

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main issue that divided the North and South before the Civil War began?

Manifest Destiny

Immigration

slavery

Republicans and Democrats

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