What was the Missouri Compromise Line?
Unit 5: Westward Expansion Quiz

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Stella Baily
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
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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