The Road to The Civil War

The Road to The Civil War

8th - 10th Grade

10 Qs

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The Road to The Civil War

The Road to The Civil War

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Quiz

Social Studies

8th - 10th Grade

Hard

Created by

Ethan Rudd

Used 48+ times

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10 questions

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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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