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Road to Civil War (1850)

Authored by Matthew Boone

Social Studies, History

9th - 11th Grade

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Road to Civil War (1850)
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which is included in the Mexican cession?

California

New York

Oregon

Louisiana

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What led to the start of 'Bleeding Kansas'?

the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act

dispute over the extension of slavery into the west

the Dred Scott decision

the election of Lincoln as president

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following books increased antislavery feeling in the North/free states?

The Impending Crisis

The Appeal

Uncle Tom's Cabin

The Scarlet Letter

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was part of the 1850 Compromise?

slavery would be allowed in all the Mexican cession EXCEPT California

slavery would be abolished in Washington, DC

New Mexico and Utah settlers would decide the issue of slavery based on popular sovereignty

import tariffs would be prohibited

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which court decision declared that the national government could not limit the spread of slavery?

McCulloch v. Maryland

Marbury v. Madison

Dred Scott v. Sanford

Gibbons v. Ogden

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which party was formed in the mid-1850s in opposition to the expansion of slavery outside the South?

Democratic

Republican

Whig

Federalist

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which was a result of the election of 1860? (check all that apply)

Lincoln was elected president

the passage of the Crittenden Compromise

seven slave states seceded (broke away) and formed the Confederacy

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