Division of the Nation

Division of the Nation

8th Grade

17 Qs

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Division of the Nation

Division of the Nation

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History

8th Grade

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Created by

Leslie Church

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Which congressional action resulted in the addition of California as a free state, popular sovereignty to decide slavery in Utah and New Mexico territories, and a new Fugitive Slave Act?

Compromise of 1850

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Missouri Compromise

Wilmot Provisio

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these would abolitionists oppose the most?

California becoming a free state

slavery continuing in Washington, D.C.

popular sovereignty in Utah and New Mexico

the passage of a stricter Fugitive Slave Act

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the main message of "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

The United States treated the Native Americans poorly.

Slavery was cruel and should be outlawed.

Child labor should be eliminated from factories.

Discrimination against women was hurting the nation.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who became known as "The Great Compromiser"?

George Washington

Henry Clay

Abraham Lincoln

Thomas Paine

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who benefited the most from the Fugitive Slave Law?

Northern citizens

fugitive slaves

Southern judges

slave owners

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does "popular sovereignty" mean?

Each state would decide if it wanted to leave the union.

Voters would decide if the state would be a slave or free state.

Each state would determine its immigration limits.

Voters would decide if the state would enforce the "fugitive slave" laws.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of these came first?

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Compromise of 1850

raid on Harper's Ferry

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