STAAR Blitz 5.1 Sectionalism

STAAR Blitz 5.1 Sectionalism

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Cate Chesser

History

8th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Ruled slaves were property and not citizens Ruled slaves were property and not citizens
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

North and South agreed, California became a free state but a strict Fugitive Slave Law was passed
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Geography caused country to develop economic differences
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Attempted to solve the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty, violence erupted as a result of the law
Compromise of 1850
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Sectionalism

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did southerners support states’ rights?
The population of the South believed that each state was its own country.
Southerners did not want the federal government to abolish slavery because it was not in their interests.
The southern states wanted to own the rights to all railroad tracks in their state.
Many Southerners disagreed on the issue of women’s suffrage.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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This is a map of the United States. Which region’s primary economic activity in the 1860s was the cultivation of cotton? Select the correct answer.
A
B
C
D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Read the excerpt and answer the question that follows. How did President Abraham Lincoln react to the idea expressed in Jefferson Davis’s inaugural address?
Lincoln stated that the argument by the South to leave the Union was unjustified.
Lincoln called on the U.S. Supreme Court to make a ruling on the legality of secession.
Lincoln believed the reasoning to leave the Union was protect by the Constitution.
Lincoln prepared to amend the Constitution in order to appease the Southern states.

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was one effect of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850?
The Republican Party lost influence in the federal legislature.
The Missouri Compromise was deemed unconstitutional by federal courts.
Tensions among the populations of northern and southern states increased.
Immigrants were forced to relocate from eastern cities to western territories.