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Civil War Pre-Assessment

Authored by Denise Doherty-gross

Social Studies

7th - 8th Grade

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Civil War Pre-Assessment
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The belief that state's should be able to make decisions for themselves is known as

Tariffs

The Law

Slavery

State's Rights

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

An abolitionist was

An escaped slave

A political opponent of state's rights

A slave owner

Someone opposed to slavery

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

This cause of the Civil War required all people in the United States to help return runaway slaves.

Fugitive Slave Act

Compromise of 1850

Sectionalism

States' Rights

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The Compromise of 1850 dealt with the issue of slavery by

It admitted California as a free state and allowed for popular sovereignty to determine slavery in the Mexican Cession.

It did not deal with slavery.

It allowed slavery in Texas.

It caused slave owners to become more violent to their slaves.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Sectionalism is

loyalty to your region or state

loyalty to your country

loyalty to school

loyalty to your family

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What was the central issue regarding states' rights that helped spark the Civil War in America?

Seceding states believed the federal government should not intervene in state's decisions. 
Seceding states believed that only state governments could handle the issue of individual rights.
Seceding states believed the U.S. Constitution prevented states from establishing local taxation. 
Seceding states believed the federal government was not permitted to raise tariffs.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The word SECEDE means to

break away from

fall down

be patriotic

start a war

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