A Nation Divided
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the Compromise of 1850?
a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a free state. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What word means "to meet, especially in a challenge?"
confront
ensure
faction
fugitive
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the Dred Scott Decision?
a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a free state. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What word means "to make sure or certain?"
confront
ensure
faction
fugitive
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What word means "a group of people within a larger group who have different ideas from the main group?"
confront
ensure
faction
fugitive
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What word means "a person who flees or tries to escape (for example, from slavery)?"
confront
ensure
faction
fugitive
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
a Supreme Court decision in 1857 that held that African Americans could never be citizens of the United States and that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional
the agreements made in order to admit California into the Union as a free state. These agreements included allowing the New Mexico and Utah territories to decide whether to allow slavery, outlawing the slave trade in Washington, D.C., and creating a stronger fugitive slave law.
an act passed in 1854 that created the Kansas and Nebraska territories and abolished the Missouri Compromise by allowing settlers to determine whether slavery would be allowed in the new territories
an agreement made by Congress in 1820 under which Missouri was admitted to the Union as a slave state and Maine was admitted as a free state
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