The Road to The Civil War
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Social Studies
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8th - 10th Grade
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Hard
Ethan Rudd
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 both dealt with what controversy?
Ending the Mexican American War
The expansion of slavery in western territory
The power of Congress to allow or outlaw slavery
The admittance of Maine as a free state.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What issue led Northern Democrats and Whigs to create the Republican Party?
The secession of southern states.
The Dred Scott decision.
Support for the expansion of slavery.
Support against the expansion of Slavery.
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
What were the results of the Missouri Compromise? Select all that apply.
Missouri was admitted as a slave state
The Fugitive Slave Law was Weakened
Slavery was prohibited north of the Missouri Compromise line (except Missouri)
Maine was admitted as a free state
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What event led to the formation of the Republican Party?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Missouri Compromise
The Dred Scott Decision
The Compromise of 1850
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Southerners argued that popular sovereignty should settle the issue of slavery in new territories. What is popular sovereignty?
Absolute Congressional power
Presidential Authority
Authority through the consent of voters
Authority through judicial decision
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The period before the Civil War was marked by great sectionalism. What is sectionalism?
Interests restricted to specific regions with disregard for overall well-being
A feeling of political unanimity
Fears regarding economic unrest
The inability to communicate effectively
7.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Select all that apply. The Dred Scott Decision held that:
Black Americans were not U.S. citizens
Congress had no right to restrict slavery in territories
The fugitive slave act was unconstitutional
Congress had no right to restrict the property rights of slaveowners
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