What was the Missouri Compromise Line?
Westward Expansion Quiz

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History
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8th Grade
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Hard
Stella Baily
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10 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
37° 30'
36° 30'
38° 30'
35° 30'
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What event led to the region of Kansas being known as 'Bleeding Kansas'?
Violence between abolitionists and slave owners
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Gold Rush
Mexican-American War
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?
To expand the Missouri Compromise Line
To outlaw the slave trade in Washington, D.C.
To annex California as a slave state
To allow slavery in all new territories
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which territory applied for statehood first in the region west of the Mississippi River?
Missouri
California
Nebraska
Kansas
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the main cause of the disagreements over slavery in the new territories?
Economic differences
Cultural differences
Political differences
Geographical differences
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the outcome of the U.S. and Mexico war from 1846-1848?
U.S. outlawed the slave trade
U.S. acquired California Territory
California became a slave state
Mexico claimed Texas
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What was the purpose of the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
To repeal the Missouri Compromise Line
To create two new states
To expand the U.S. territory
To decide the fate of slavery through voting
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