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Ch.16 Toward Civil War

Authored by John Zishka

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8th Grade

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Ch.16 Toward Civil War
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Wilmot Proviso of 1846?

successful attempt to ban slavery in the South

failed attempt to ban slavery in lands gained from Mexico

a compromise on slavery in the territories

brought peace to Kansas & Nebraska territories

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was a gain for the North as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

freedom of certain slaves

weakened laws regarding runaway slaves

laws could be made regarding slaves in the territories

California admitted as a free state & slavery abolished in D.C.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Because of the imbalance of power in the Senate, what event created the need for compromise?

California's admission as a free state

creation of Kansas & Nebraska territories

annexation of Texas

Texas admitted as a slave state

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which was a gain for the south as a result of the Compromise of 1850?

adding more representatives in Congress

more electoral votes

Congress agreed to not pass slave laws & stronger fugitive slave laws

Texas added as a slave state

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An effect of the Fugitive Slave Act was:

pulled Northerners into the Abolition movement

made Southerners understand the nature of slavery

enabled Northerners to challenge slave-owners who captured runaway slaves

ended abolition movement in the North

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The Kansas-Nebraska Act attempted to solve the slavery question in the territories by:

having Congress make separate laws to ban or allow slavery

asking the President to make a declaration of freedom

enforcing the Missouri Compromise Line of 1820

allowing people to decide through popular-soverneignty

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

An effect of the Kansas-Nebraska Act was:

compormise was worked out in the territories

violence broke out between pro & antislavery forces referred to as "Bleeding Kansas"

a ban on slavery was put in place

some southern states considered secession

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