Unit 5: Westward Expansion Quiz

Unit 5: Westward Expansion Quiz

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Unit 5: Westward Expansion Quiz

Unit 5: Westward Expansion Quiz

Assessment

Quiz

History

8th Grade

Medium

Created by

Stella Baily

Used 2+ times

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10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Missouri Compromise Line?

35° 30'

36° 30'

37° 30'

38° 30'

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event led to the region of Kansas being known as 'Bleeding Kansas'?

Missouri Compromise

Violence between abolitionists and slave owners

California becoming a free state

Gold Rush

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the purpose of the Compromise of 1850?

To outlaw the slave trade in Washington, D.C.

To allow slavery in all new territories

To expand the Missouri Compromise Line

To abolish the Missouri Compromise Line

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which territory applied for statehood first in the region west of the Mississippi River?

Nebraska

Kansas

Missouri

California

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?

Mexico acquired California

U.S. acquired California

California was divided between U.S. and Mexico

California became independent

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the Kansas-Nebraska Act allow the people in those territories to decide?

Whether to join the Union

Whether to allow slavery through voting

Whether to become independent

Whether to join the Confederacy

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