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8th Grade Social Studies Quiz 17-3

Authored by Barry Llewellyn

Social Studies

8th Grade

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8th Grade Social Studies Quiz 17-3
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In the Election of 1856, the American Party was also known as the

Republican Party

Whig Party

Know-Nothing Party

Constitutional Party

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In the 1856 election, Democrats nominated _________________________ as their candidate for president.

James Buchanan

Millard Fillmore

Stephen Douglas

John C. Calhoun

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

The Chief Justice in the Dred Scott Supreme Court Ruling was _____________________________

William Rehnquest

John Jay

Roger B. Taney

John Roberts

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

In the 1856 election, the Republicans nominated _______________________________ for president.

Abraham Lincoln

John C. Fremont

James Buchanan

Millard Fillmore

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

On what issue did the Republican Party form in 1854?

Favoring the spread of slavery west

Opposing the spread of slavery west

Keeping immigrants out of public office

Preventing the admission of new states

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Why did Dred Scott believe he should no longer be a slave?

His previous owner was a citizen of a free-state

He lived in free territories for many years

His owner’s widow was to have freed him

He lived in a free state

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was an effect of the Lincoln-Douglas debates?

Abraham Lincoln won the Senate seat from Illinois

Abraham Lincoln became a national figure in the Republican Party

Stephen Douglas won the governorship of Illinois

Stephen Douglas gained the support of southern Democrats

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