L-21 A Dividing Nation Test

L-21 A Dividing Nation Test

8th Grade

15 Qs

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L-21 A Dividing Nation Test

L-21 A Dividing Nation Test

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

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Created by

William Dixon

Used 134+ times

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Missouri's application as a state with slavery in 1819 challenge U.S. law?

states north of the Ohio River were to be free

it did not have a state constitution

it did not have the population required for statehood

states west of the Mississippi were to be states with slavery

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

what was the effect of the Missouri compromise?

it led to the south seceding from the union

it required Southern states to pay higher taxes

it temporarily ended the slavery debate

it upset the balance of states with slavery and free states in the Union

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the significance of the 36'30' parallel?

it indicated where slavery was allowed and banned

it separated the North from the South

it indicated the northern border of Missouri

it showed the borders of the United States

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

respect

tax revenue

voting power

future elections

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

southern states

northern states

Louisiana Territory

land acquired from Mexico

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which two people worked together to balance the interests of the North and the South with regard to slavery?

Nat Turner and John Brown

James Polk and John Quincy Adams

Daniel Webster and Henry Clay

Charles Sumner and Stephen A. Douglas

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of these were reasons the Fugitive Slave Law failed except

many enslaved people moved to Canada

plantation owners did not want returned enslaved people

Northerners refused to obey the law

people who caught fugitives from slavery were driven back to the South

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