Road to the Civil War

Road to the Civil War

7th - 8th Grade

21 Qs

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Road to the Civil War

Road to the Civil War

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Quiz

Social Studies

7th - 8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Jennifer Hardy

Used 7+ times

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21 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

People who were against slavery were called

secessionists

abolitionists

unionists

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When Missouri was going to become a slave state, the North was upset because

There would be an uneven number of slave and free states, giving the South more power in the Congress

There would be an equal number of slave and free states, but the North wanted more power in Congress

They wanted Missouri to be a free state

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Missouri Compromise...

Allowed states to choose if they wanted to be a free or slave state

Allowed Missouri to enter as a FREE state and Maine as a SLAVE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would allow slaves, and South would be a free state

Allowed Missouri to enter as a SLAVE state and Maine as a FREE state, and any new state North of the Missouri Compromise Line would be free, and South would be a slave state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Kansas-Nebraska Act repealed the Missouri Compromise by saying

The government would decide if the new state is a free state or slave state

Any new state can decide to be a free or slave state

Any new state North of the Missouri Compromise would be free, and South would be a slave state

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the Dred Scott Decision,

The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans were property, not citizens

The Supreme Court ruled that any person born in the US is a citizen

The Supreme Court ruled that African Americans are only slaves if they live in the South

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The man who ran against Abraham Lincoln to become President was

Stephen A. Douglas

Jefferson Davis

Zachary Taylor

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1850, the government passed a law called the Fugitive Slave Law which

Allowed runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad to become free once in the Northern states

Southerners thought it was not as strict as the original Fugitive Slave Law

Made federal marshals assist in recapturing runaways, and said that anyone helping a runaway would be fined and imprisoned

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