
Slavery and Abolition Quiz Review
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Most Southern whites did not own slaves but still supported the slave system because
they thought plantation owners should also work in the fields.
they supported the Civil Rights Act of 1866.
they believed it was a necessity to the Southern economy.
they believed slavery was immoral.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source document?
A photograph from the Civil War
A speech written during the Civil War
A history textbook chapter about the Civil War
A diary from a Civil War solider
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A person who wanted to end slavery completely in the United States was called an
apprentice
artisan
abolitionist
anarchist
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following was the central issue involved in the Missouri Compromise?
commerce between states
land acquisition
freedom of religion
the expansion of slavery
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who helped guide Southern slaves to freedom in the North and Canada. The secret network she used is called
the Reading Railroad.
the Freedom Train.
the Underground Railroad.
the Abolition Highway.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Following Lincoln's election, seven Southern states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Shortly thereafter, four more states joined the secession.One reason these states seceded from the Union was that they
feared Lincoln would abolish slavery.
thought Northerners would migrate south.
did not think Lincoln had really won the election.
wanted to create a place where all people were free.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following best explains how popular sovereignty was related to slavery?
There was a federal law that stated there would be an equal number of slave and free states in the Union.
Each state's legislature was given the authority to decide the status of slavery within the state.
Settlers of some new territories were able to decide about slavery for themselves.
There was an attempt to abolish slavery in the U.S. by its centennial in 1876.
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