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Unit 12: A Nation Divided

Authored by Adriana Perez

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Unit 12: A Nation Divided
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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•California enters as a free state

•Rest of Mexican Cession is open to popular sovereignty

•Slave trade ended in Washington D.C.

•Tougher Fugitive Slave law

Which choice below best describes the agreement between the north and south described above?

Missouri Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Compromise of 1850

Freeport Doctrine

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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How was the issue of slavery in the Kansas and Nebraska territories decided?

Popular sovereignty was not allowed.

Popular sovereignty in both.

Popular sovereignty only in Kansas.

Popular sovereignty only Nebraska.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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The Supreme Court ruled in the Dred Scott v. Sanford case that…

the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional and Congress could not ban slavery in any federal territory.

the Missouri Compromise was constitutional and African Americans were citizens.

African-Americans could sue in federal court, but Dred Scott was not set free.

Dred Scott should be set free

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Kansas became known as “Bleeding Kansas” because

there was civil war between Kansas and Nebraska.

Kansas collapsed into civil war between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups.

Slavery was banned in Kansas.

The U.S. military invaded Kansas.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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In the Lincoln-Douglas debates, what issue became the central focus of the debates?

“Bleeding Kansas”

How to stop John Brown

The newly formed Republican Party of the U.S.

Slavery

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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•Eliminated the Missouri Compromise

•Divided the remainder of the Louisiana Territory •Created to Build a Railroad From Chicago to California

•Authored by Stephen Douglas

The list above refers to which law?

Missouri Compromise

Compromise of 1850

Kansas Nebraska Act

Wilmot Proviso

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Which abolitionist was responsible for both the Pottawatomie Massacre and the Raid on Harper’s Ferry?

William Lloyd Garrison

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Beecher Stowe

John Brown

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