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A Dividing Nation

Authored by Maya Henry

Social Studies

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

A. It temporarily ended the slavery debate.

B. It required Southern states to pay higher taxes.

C. It led to the South seceding from the Union.

D. It upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of the 36˚30´ parallel?

A. It separated the North from the South.

B. It indicated the northern border of Missouri.

C. It showed the borders of the United States.

D. It indicated where slavery was allowed and banned.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was a fear of Southern senators if there were more free states than states with slavery?

A. losing respect

B. losing tax revenue

C. losing voting power

D. losing future elections

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to the Wilmot Proviso of 1846, in which area was slavery banned?

A. Southern states

B. Northern states

C. Louisiana Territory

D. land acquired from Mexico

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what way did the Compromise of 1850 benefit the Southern enslavers?

A. It created new taxes for railroad construction.

B. It provided an end to the trade of enslaved people in Washington, D.C.

C. It included a law requiring the return of escaped enslaved people.

D. It required the Underground Railway to be disbanded.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

A. many enslaved people moved to Canada.

B. Northerners refused to obey the law.

C. People who caught fugitives from slavery were driven back to the South.

D. plantation owners did not want returned enslaved people.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the impact of the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A. It caused enslaved people to revolt in Kentucky.

B. It turned many more people against slavery.

C. Congress agreed that slavery should be abolished.

D. The South became more resolved to secede from the Union.

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