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Sectional Crisis

Authored by Lauren Syverson

History

8th Grade

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1.

HOTSPOT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which geographic area was the reason for settlement of the west expanding rapidly in the 1850s?

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was popular sovereignty?

the idea that the people of Texas had the right to join the United States

The idea that Americans wanted slavery confined to the South

the idea that citizens of each territory should decide whether to have slavery there.

the idea that Congress had the right to determine whether a territory would slavery

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the unintended result of the Fugitive Slave Act?

It further enraged Northerners against the institution of slavery.

It allowed Southern plantation owners to recoup damages for enslaved people who successfully escaped.

It allowed the country to reach a compromise that would keep them from war.

It provided funding to fugitive slave catchers to help the Southern economy.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What caused the crisis in Kansas that resulted in two competing state governments?

Congress's decision to delay statehood for Kansas until a compromise could be reached

the decision to allow residents to vote on whether Kansas would be a slave or free state

the admission of Kansas into the Union without mentioning slavery

Missouri's desire to annex Kansas as part of it own state

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Lincoln's election in 1860 prompted what reaction in the Southern states?

They annexed much of the Western territories.

They protested in Congress.

They held their own election for president.

They seceded from the Union.

6.

DRAG AND DROP QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following words means that a person places the interests of a small area over the interests of the entire country? (a)  

Sectionalism
Nationalism
Popular Sovereignty
Secession

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court...

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